"without having an understanding of his principles, even if they are not in agreement with them" I know the sentence was longer, but even in context that still

"without having an understanding of his principles, even if they are not in agreement with them" I know the sentence was longer, but even in context that still sounds to me: "Those who do not agree, have apparently not understood it". Maybe you meant it different, but this is the vibe I am getting often from GNU folks. This is what people criticize as cult like behavior. And statements around here like RMS the "last true hacker", fit into that. Well, I have not seen much code from him lately. And assuming he rather became an "societal hacker", well, then apparently not a very succesful one, if this is the result: "Rarely people understand what he stands for, that his not the poster child of "Open Source", and all they know is that he ate something off his foot in a video."