Not to criticize you at all, billjings, but I noticed something I see a lot when people talk about RMS that even I'm guilty of. That thing is qualifying your op

Not to criticize you at all, billjings, but I noticed something I see a lot when people talk about RMS that even I'm guilty of. That thing is qualifying your opinion with a statement along the lines of "I respect what he's done but...". Let's stop qualifying our opinions like that and just come out and disagree. It seems like the only reason people add this line in is so that the RMS fanatics don't converge on you and say things like "how dare you! He did x, y, and z and built stuff you use every day and the world would have collapsed under its own weight if it weren't for Stallman's work!" etc. etc. I'm going to start just getting to my beef with whatever RMS is doing any particular day instead of adding the "I respect him but" comment and so should everyone else. When you complain about your parents you don't say "They did such a good job raising me and they were so loving and kind BUT they're a pain in my ass right now" do you? I have few kind words to say about Stallman and I disagree with him on a lot of point but nothing. That's it. It doesn't matter whether I respect his work or not, it isn't relevant to what I'm saying.