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I don't know him (only ever saw him speak once at a Wordpress conference 10 years ago or so, where he was a caricature of himself), and I can easily believe he
by fmajid 6y ago
I don't know him (only ever saw him speak once at a Wordpress conference 10 years ago or so, where he was a caricature of himself), and I can easily believe he is hard to work with. That said, I believe he was diagnosed as having Asperger's syndrome, which could explain his many personality quirks, and that makes the mention of "neurodiversity" as one of the many aspects of diversity they claim to protect rather disingenuous.
"The GCC Steering Committee is committed to providing a friendly, safe
and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender identity and
expression, sexual orientation, disabilities, neurodiversity, physical
appearance, body size, ethnicity, nationality, race, age, religion, or
similar personal characteristics."
- bjourne 6y agoStallman has not been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and he doesn't believe that he has it. Also, please don't put an equivalence between "difficult to work with" and Asperger's. Propagating the false belief that people with Asperger's are inherently "difficult to work with" increases the amount of prejudice and discrimination people with Asperger's have to face.