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Richard Stallman: “Unjust computing clamps down” – video from LibrePlanet 2021

26 points by kwonyuri 6y ago

enriquto 6y ago
An interesting speech by Stallman, and quite different of his usual rotation. Very refreshing. By the way, if I understood well, he's back at the FSF board of directors? That's great news!
- wrycoder 6y ago
  Yes, that is what he said. "And I'm not planning to resign a second time!"
  - junippor 6y ago
    Does anyone know how these things work? Why did he resign the first time? Was he asked to and he accepted for no reason and now regrets it? Or was there a mechanism used to force him?
- foobiter 6y ago
  I’m naïve... why is it great news? It seems he’s a legitimately controversial figure.
jorgemorais 6y ago
Hi everyone. I am new here. It is my opinion that, while we made important progress (although definitely not enough) in raising awareness about misogyny, systemic racism and certain other great evils, there have been a few injustices in between. As in many other situations, the answer is in neither pole---we must listen to everyone and make a synthesis. In that spirit, I welcome many of the ethical advances of the last decades, I greatly oppose unenlightened people such as Trump and Bolsonaro (whom I call "President Joker"---murderous clown), and I generally resent those who take pride in being "politically incorrect" (which often means "ignorant bigot"). Yet at the same time, I believe there have been relevant mistakes in this struggle, and Richard Stallman was caught in a "perfect storm" (sorry for the cliché) that caused his real flaws to be judged far too harshly. Please see the text I carefully wrote on the subject, based on the ideas of the great Nadine Strossen---the prominent feminist and civil rights activist who was the first female President of the ACLU---and Suzanne Nossel---CEO of PEN America and former executive director of Amnesty International USA---among others: https://gitlab.com/jorgemorais/justice-for-rms https://gitlab.com/jorgemorais/justice-for-rms

26 points by kwonyuri 6y ago

An interesting speech by Stallman, and quite different of his usual rotation. Very refreshing. By the way, if I understood well, he's back at the FSF board of directors? That's great news!

wrycoder 6y ago
Yes, that is what he said. "And I'm not planning to resign a second time!"
- junippor 6y ago
  Does anyone know how these things work? Why did he resign the first time? Was he asked to and he accepted for no reason and now regrets it? Or was there a mechanism used to force him?
foobiter 6y ago
I’m naïve... why is it great news? It seems he’s a legitimately controversial figure.

jorgemorais 6y ago

Hi everyone. I am new here. It is my opinion that, while we made important progress (although definitely not enough) in raising awareness about misogyny, systemic racism and certain other great evils, there have been a few injustices in between. As in many other situations, the answer is in neither pole---we must listen to everyone and make a synthesis. In that spirit, I welcome many of the ethical advances of the last decades, I greatly oppose unenlightened people such as Trump and Bolsonaro (whom I call "President Joker"---murderous clown), and I generally resent those who take pride in being "politically incorrect" (which often means "ignorant bigot"). Yet at the same time, I believe there have been relevant mistakes in this struggle, and Richard Stallman was caught in a "perfect storm" (sorry for the cliché) that caused his real flaws to be judged far too harshly. Please see the text I carefully wrote on the subject, based on the ideas of the great Nadine Strossen---the prominent feminist and civil rights activist who was the first female President of the ACLU---and Suzanne Nossel---CEO of PEN America and former executive director of Amnesty International USA---among others: https://gitlab.com/jorgemorais/justice-for-rms https://gitlab.com/jorgemorais/justice-for-rms