I do think it is important to play nice in politics. So if you have criticisms of RMS' stand on software, make them. That's the issue. Stallman's technical con

I do think it is important to play nice in politics. So if you have criticisms of RMS' stand on software, make them. That's the issue. Stallman's technical contributions and early political contributions were both foundational and heroic. That does not negate the fact that for the better part of two decades he's been a constant embarrassment that continuously degrades the movement in the eyes of anyone who hasn't developed a tolerance for him. Evangelizing free software was comparatively easy in the days when peoples' reaction to his name was "Haha, that guy who ate stuff off his foot on stage? Wild." It's gotten considerably harder now that the reaction is "wait, the guy who wrote those pedophile emails and harasses women at conferences?" I'm tired of trying to advocate for free software when just the name "Free Software Foundation" is a conversational liability.