> RMS had that skepticism resolved with knowledge by those who actually discussed the point, Except he keeps making the same point. He has not changed his mind

> RMS had that skepticism resolved with knowledge by those who actually discussed the point, Except he keeps making the same point. He has not changed his mind about images of child sexual abuse. He now knows that these cause harm to the people shown in them, but he thinks censorship is worse than that harm. And you're entirely missing the point. It doesn't matter if he has changed his mind. He must know that child abuse is an emotive topic. He must understand that the emotion imposes an extra responsibility to be careful with the way he says things. His point - that he isn't sure if child abuse is harmful or not - was very easy to find information about. There's a wide range of reputable sources that discuss the harms caused by images of child sexual abuse and by child abuse. Mostly, we have testimony from the abuse people themselves. This stuff is not hidden away, and it appears to have been persuasive to him. So he just didn't bother looking before he made his comments.