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He did not just technically not defend him, he literally called him a serial rapist and he definitely stated that the girl was being harmed. This is not the on

by d_tr 6y ago

He did not just technically not defend him, he literally called him a serial rapist and he definitely stated that the girl was being harmed. This is not the only false accusation (which has been debunked to death, yet the blog posts and headlines are still there intact), he is also being accused of being a transphobic and a misogynist. Also, he definitely cares a lot about abused women. I opened a random month of his political notes yesterday and just searched "women" to verify that I am not insane. He might indeed not be good for a top leading positions for reasons I do not know, but he is being treated very poorly. Edit since the post is dead: Hackbraten: > Even if we assume RMS never meant to harm people ... Modern Civilization 101 and Law 101 care about the "meant" part. A lot. As for the amount of actual "harm", I am very skeptical. Arnt: > I hereby accuse him of randomly getting caught up in irrelevant controversies. So you accuse him of something that is totally different from the actual accusations. I will keep this in mind if someone wants me to sign a letter accusing you (maaaaybe falsely) of X, and I think you are Y (where Y << X, but this does not matter much) anyway. Joking, I won't, and I will call them out too. We should not take such crap lightly. > What rms said doesn't matter, because it's harmful, whatever it is. OK...

Arnt 6y ago
I hereby accuse him of randomly getting caught up in irrelevant controversies. A good campaigner for a cause doesn't do that. I don't think there's anything an FSF official could do or say about the Epstein affair that would help the FSF. What rms said doesn't matter, because it's harmful, whatever it is.
Hackbraten 6y ago
> Also, he definitely cares a lot about abused women. I opened a random month of his political notes yesterday and just searched "women" to verify that I am not insane. The amount of harm that RMS’s actions have inflicted to women (and by extension, to the whole industry) is not to be found in his PR statements. Even if we assume RMS never meant to harm people, people have been calling out his behavior for many years. Yet, RMS never made it a priority to acknowledge the issue and fix his behavior. Actions speak louder than political statements.

by d_tr 6y ago

Arnt 6y ago

I hereby accuse him of randomly getting caught up in irrelevant controversies. A good campaigner for a cause doesn't do that. I don't think there's anything an FSF official could do or say about the Epstein affair that would help the FSF. What rms said doesn't matter, because it's harmful, whatever it is.

Hackbraten 6y ago

> Also, he definitely cares a lot about abused women. I opened a random month of his political notes yesterday and just searched "women" to verify that I am not insane. The amount of harm that RMS’s actions have inflicted to women (and by extension, to the whole industry) is not to be found in his PR statements. Even if we assume RMS never meant to harm people, people have been calling out his behavior for many years. Yet, RMS never made it a priority to acknowledge the issue and fix his behavior. Actions speak louder than political statements.