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It was not "promoted in the Eastern bloc". People from those regions could sign it under their real names without repercussions. The anti-Stallman letter is si

• a1369209993 6y ago
  > People from those regions could sign it under their real names without repercussions. Precisely this; conversely, many people who signed the anti-Stallman letter were in positions where they would risk repercussions for not signing it, though it's (by design) hard to be sure to what extent that's why they signed it. > either does not care To be fair, I suspect >50% fall into this category.
• jordigh 6y ago
  > It was not "promoted in the Eastern bloc" Yes it was, the counterletter was posted on Russian forums a number of times, and it was regularly promoted in 4chan's /g/ too, where it was also drafted. There's probably still /g/ threads promoting the counterletter right now, as this is a cause celebre for 4chan. It's a 4chan-written letter promoted in the Russian-speaking internet. Russia has a well-documented state-sponsored homophobia and that attitude trickles down to many of her citizens in various ways.