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He has been accused of sexual harassment by someone. In the usual "cancel culture" fashion, you're deemed guilty until irrevocably proved innocent, therefore RM
by wazoox 6y ago
He has been accused of sexual harassment by someone. In the usual "cancel culture" fashion, you're deemed guilty until irrevocably proved innocent, therefore RMS has been ousted from the FSF and the MIT.
A proof if you needed one that the "SJW" or "baizuo" culture isn't at all progressive, but a dangerous intolerant bunch more akin to the Khmer Rouge than anything else.
- scaryclam 6y agoSorry, but there's a lot more to it that a simple one-off sexual harassment accusation.
- notsureaboutpg 6y agoThere is more to it but it is also a "cancel culture" moment if there ever was one. I think history will look back on his ousting as part of a mass hysteria, but I don't agree with OP about likening it to the Khmer Rouge (messed up, that)
- codethief 6y agoCan you elaborate? At least the ZDNet article you posted doesn't exactly corroborate your statement. (Not taking a stance for/against RMS here – I still don't really understand what happened.)
- mixmastamyk 6y agoSee the daring fireball link up thread.
- dabockster 6y agoThere were some Tweets by some women AI researchers at MIT about RMS's lewd behavior towards them. The kind of behavior that would have gotten a lesser man burned at the stake (metaphorically, of course).
- wazoox 6y agoHaving a semi-private conversation about someone else's deeds can't constitute "a lot more" by any reasonable measure. BTW the whole downvoting crowd only confirms me in my opinions :)
- runbyfruity 6y agoThe downvotes could also mean you should do some self-reflection. It's possible you don't realize you're espousing offensive views. And before you go "zomg I've triggered the snowflakes!", there's nothing wrong with holding these views in the abstract, but they do suggest that perhaps these ideas might drive you to very real actions that aren't particularly helpful for society.
- wazoox 6y agoI'm espousing all sort of offensive views. I'm for the end of capitalism, for instance. As for self-reflection, I've been accused of everything, for instance to be an antisemite because I'm espousing the offensive opinion that Israel is an apartheid state, and that BDS is a fine idea I support. I concluded with George Orwell and Noam Chomsky that “Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.” Therefore I conclude that it's of the utmost importance to be able to express despicable, obnoxious, offensive views. That doesn't mean that I condone all of these views. OTOH, all really important views are necessarily offensive to someone, else they're probably benign and of little significance, if any. I understand that RMS is probably an obnoxious jerk. However, it's in a large part because he is an obnoxious, insensitive jerk that he's been so adamant on his principles, and I deem this is a key reason why he had a significant influence in technology and on the world at large.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoI support you speaking your mind, but don't agree with it. Carry on.
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