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>if you think that #metoo stops you. If it did, you were misbehaving to start with. If you read up on the Richard Stallman #metoo cancelation attempt I'd reall
by pydry 3y ago
>if you think that #metoo stops you. If it did, you were misbehaving to start with.
If you read up on the Richard Stallman #metoo cancelation attempt I'd really like to know how you thought he was misbehaving because from my perspective it was simply used to jeer at and bully somebody vulnerable.
I think it's pretty rational to think that could happen to somebody else.
- fsociety 3y agoI could spontaneously combust tomorrow, but I don’t build my life around that. Interacting with people has a risk associated with it. For women, this risk is much higher. For men, now with things like #metoo, the risk has been raised. If you are out talking with a woman and get weird/bad vibes, politely excuse yourself and stop interacting with them. Don’t dig a deeper hole. The majority of woman will let you know if they are not interested. Poor social skills does not excuse behavior which makes someone feel unsafe.
- pydry 3y ago>For men, now with things like #metoo, the risk has been raised. Yes, that was my entire point. The movement didn't only mean that more Weinsteins got what they deserved. It also lowered the bar of what is considered "creepy" and raised the risks of behavior which is perceived as such, whether legitimately or not.
- pacija 3y agoA lot of people basically don't have strong enough urge to fcuk. Something is skrewed with the chemistry. Social aspects are just noise around it.
- zlg_codes 3y agoWhat right does society have to demand that men act docile? Nobody cares an iota for our SAFETY, let alone our comfort. A society that isn't built on reciprocation is not a society worthy of my respect.
- astrange 3y agoApproximately everything RMS has done in his life is "misbehaving". That's why the FSF is famously ultra-combative.
- pydry 3y agoHis activism is quite bad for profits and that makes some people angry at him. This indirectly led to him being accused of being a sexual predator but it doesnt mean he actually is one.
- astrange 3y agoWhat about the part of his activism where he makes up stupid baby names for everything he doesn't like, shouts at all his colleagues and eats skin off his toes?
- pydry 3y agoThe attempts at character assassination are a natural side effect of his profit-hostile activism. The attacks on his character and the noisy tantrum Google had over AGPL a few years ago (e.g. even banning it from their own version of github for a while) are manifestations of the same desire to see him and his movement nullified.
- astrange 3y agoIt's funny because the GPL is not anti-profit, as there's two very natural models for it: one where you sell commercial licenses for people who can't use GPL software, and one where you sell support and development contracts for it.
- pydry 3y agoIt isnt anti the concept of profit, it just had the effect of chewing through a lot of profit margins. The GPL was responsible for breaking Microsoft's desktop OS monopoly, for instance. A watered down FSF run by an inoffensive do-nothing would be a better outcome for big tech than leaving him in charge. Hence the all the attempts to cancel him, including via cynically hijacking #metoo.