> because they were powerful and could easily silence their accusers. this is certainly not the case for Stallman, as proven by the continuous stream of angry

> because they were powerful and could easily silence their accusers. this is certainly not the case for Stallman, as proven by the continuous stream of angry criticism that he has been receiving from many people through the years. It does not seem that RMS held any real power over anybody (except maybe for the handful of FSF employees). The fact that this criticism, which has already existed openly, has had a real effect on the FSF and MIT is obviously due to pressures from higher-ups, not from twitter pawns.