> radicals are influential way out of proportion to what one would be led to expect by making a quick survey of people's negative reactions to them. Is radical

> radicals are influential way out of proportion to what one would be led to expect by making a quick survey of people's negative reactions to them. Is radicalism a hack for getting attention? Is RMS's radicalism such a hack? If not, could it have started out as such? Is Swindle, RMS's use of 9/11, et alia a misguided attempt to use this radicalism hack?