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A plethora of women have come forward, with their stories of sexual harassment and manipulation by RMS. (See links in other posts; e.g. the first link in the op
by orra 6y ago
A plethora of women have come forward, with their stories of sexual harassment and manipulation by RMS. (See links in other posts; e.g. the first link in the open letter's appendix.)
This isn't just about him describing a "sex trafficking victim" as "entirely willing", and hence not a victim of "sexual assault". This is wrong on so many levels.
- captaincurrie 6y agoWhat do these plethora of women define as sexual harassment? Is it rape? Or is it maybe a big,fat,ugly nerd not getting the hint right away and making someone uncomfortable. WAHHHHHH
- belorn 6y agoDo you mean to say that a "plethora of women" was exactly one alleged claim by one woman that RMS had said he would kill himself unless she went out with him on a date? If it is true then that was bad, and I am sure that gave him a reputation that on a campus likely burned like a wild fire (it sure would do that on my university if anyone said something like that), but what is an appropriate reaction be now several decades later? The second thing the appendix listed was a mattress in his office whose primary user were most likely RMS himself since he kind of had a reputation of living in the university.
- orra 6y ago> The second thing the appendix listed was a mattress in his office whose primary user were most likely RMS himself since he kind of had a reputation of living in the university. Living in an office doesn't excuse having topless people on a mattress in your office.
- belorn 6y agoThe claim that his office was some playboy mansion harem goes counter to the extremely desperate concept of using suicide in order to get a date. The 80's was a different time, but not that different. Unless the "topless people" were RMS himself sleeping on it, I have a hard time believing it. In theory I can imagine (but I doubt it) a warm summer where a team of emacs collaborators were all living and sleeping in the university office room, but I strongly doubt the implication sex went on there.
- lamp987 6y agoI'd prefer if there was plethora of evidence.
- pseudalopex 6y agoTestimony is evidence.
- shock 6y agoTestimony happens in a court of law not on Twitter. Show us the testimony.
- pseudalopex 6y agoLegal testimony happens in a court of law. Testimony can happen anywhere. Religious testimony for instance. Or testimonial advertising.
- shock 6y agoTo which kind of testimony were you referring in your GP comment?
- pseudalopex 6y ago"firsthand authentication of a fact" or "open acknowledgment".[1] [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testimony https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testimony
- effingwewt 6y agoLol, thus you are saying testifying in church is 'evidence'. Gotta love the mental gymnastics on HN sometimes.
- pseudalopex 6y agoAnecdotal evidence is evidence. Maybe you're thinking of proof.