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Some time ago Richard Stallman became a controversial figure due to several things: * His written defenses of "consensual" pedophilia and defenses of ownership

by 542458 6y ago

Some time ago Richard Stallman became a controversial figure due to several things: * His written defenses of "consensual" pedophilia and defenses of ownership of child pornography, as well as calls for parents of babies with disabilities to have abortions * An email around the definition of "Rape" with regards to Marvin Minsky allegedly having sex with a 17 year old member of Epstein's harem * A sign that was on the door of his MIT office decalring him to be the "Knight for Justic (also: Hot Women)" * Allegations from several women that he would aggressively hit on them and not take no for an answer After the controversy, the FSF took him off the board. The FSF has now flip flopped on this and put him back on the board.

elric 6y ago
> His written defenses of "consensual" pedophilia and ownership of child pornography Just to be clear: the parent commenter doesn't mean to say that RMS owns child pornography, but is instead referring to RMS commenting on other people's possession of it.
- 542458 6y ago
  Sometimes English is a very stupid language. I'll update my comment to make that unambiguous, thank you for pointing it out.
dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
> His written defenses of "consensual" pedophilia Just to be clear: (1) he was quoting a newspaper describing an actual study (that was quite shocking, but nevertheless it was a study) that has some strange conclusions, (2) he backed down later and apologized for his previous opinions.
wazoox 6y ago
See previous comments: * he never, ever defended paedophilia in any form. * he defended the memory of Minsky who never had any sex with any member of the Epstein harem. * the sign on his door was a prank and wasn't his doing anyway. The only real thing is that as a neuro-divergent, he has an awkward way to propose, and often behaves inappropriately in public. Knowing that it's pretty rich that the same woke crowd accused him of "ableism". This all reeks of corporate propaganda. It's incredibly similar to the way Assange has been smeared for years about things he didn't do. It's an agenda to de-fang the FSF, kill Free Software and make it all nice and Microsoft/IBM friendly. Therefore, my opinion is that it's a plot against Free Software, the FSF and RMS. And I'll fight vehemently against that. See http://techrights.org/2021/03/27/objective-look-at-phony-scandal/ http://techrights.org/2021/03/27/objective-look-at-phony-sca... You'll even have a nice picture of some guy named Bill Gates with his good friend Epstein...

by 542458 6y ago

elric 6y ago

> His written defenses of "consensual" pedophilia and ownership of child pornography Just to be clear: the parent commenter doesn't mean to say that RMS owns child pornography, but is instead referring to RMS commenting on other people's possession of it.

542458 6y ago
Sometimes English is a very stupid language. I'll update my comment to make that unambiguous, thank you for pointing it out.

dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago

> His written defenses of "consensual" pedophilia Just to be clear: (1) he was quoting a newspaper describing an actual study (that was quite shocking, but nevertheless it was a study) that has some strange conclusions, (2) he backed down later and apologized for his previous opinions.

wazoox 6y ago

See previous comments: * he never, ever defended paedophilia in any form. * he defended the memory of Minsky who never had any sex with any member of the Epstein harem. * the sign on his door was a prank and wasn't his doing anyway. The only real thing is that as a neuro-divergent, he has an awkward way to propose, and often behaves inappropriately in public. Knowing that it's pretty rich that the same woke crowd accused him of "ableism". This all reeks of corporate propaganda. It's incredibly similar to the way Assange has been smeared for years about things he didn't do. It's an agenda to de-fang the FSF, kill Free Software and make it all nice and Microsoft/IBM friendly. Therefore, my opinion is that it's a plot against Free Software, the FSF and RMS. And I'll fight vehemently against that. See http://techrights.org/2021/03/27/objective-look-at-phony-scandal/ http://techrights.org/2021/03/27/objective-look-at-phony-sca... You'll even have a nice picture of some guy named Bill Gates with his good friend Epstein...