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Whatever his beliefs that is no reason to cancel, shame or ostracize someone. He is harmless and never incited violence or hate. People nowadays have a really
by jdmoreira 6y ago
Whatever his beliefs that is no reason to cancel, shame or ostracize someone. He is harmless and never incited violence or hate.
People nowadays have a really low threshold for what is acceptable, I think that says more about them then RMS or anyone else that has been outed and shamed.
Here comes the thought police!
- neolog 6y agoThose people have always existed. They're just online now.
- antonvs 6y ago> Whatever his beliefs that is no reason to cancel Please re-read the second sentence of my comment: > The issue is not RMS's beliefs as such. It's how he chooses to communicate them.
- jdmoreira 6y agoIs it really? I read the email chain, it was totally reasonable. He made good points regarding the mental image of assault. I for one don’t want people to discuss the meaning of rape but he had a perspective that was shared in a civil manner. Someone else of course jumped immediately to "when this leaks it will reflect poorly on us, ...". Yeah, maybe if you are more interested in looking good than having an intellectually honest conversation you shouldn’t be allowed in academia.
- antonvs 6y agoHis position was not reasonable. I'm not taking about civility.
- jdmoreira 6y agoaccording to you. maybe you should be more open to other perspectives.
- pwdisswordfish8 6y agoDoesn't this comment belie your earlier one that your issue is not with his beliefs (which you took effort to emphasize by repeating it)? Is your stated principle the one you actually stand on, or is it a more convenient justification -- we'll say that our reasons are X, because X is the most defensible/unassailable, but our actual reasoning is Y?
- setr 6y agoIt’s not clear to me that taking unreasonable positions is itself an unreasonable thing to do.