On one hand, I think Stallman cannot lead effectively under these conditions, and given the long history of accusations.
Only because people like you keep spouting this crap. The 'has become a distraction' argument has become nothing more than bland cover for cowards who won't stand up to cancel culture but also don't agree.
"Cancelers" need to be called out for the shit-stains they actually are. Cowards are who they are, personal I just make note of them for future awareness that they can't be depended on.
Only because people like you keep spouting this crap.
It's actually because people keep making claims of harassment against him, but way to marginalize them.
The 'has become a distraction' argument has become nothing more than bland cover for cowards who won't stand up to cancel culture but also don't agree.
I don't stand up to cancel culture because I am not opposed to cancel culture. Conservacucks have no right to stand up to cancel culture because they invented cancel culture. I am not a coward, and I do agree. Lots of things should be cancelled.
"Cancelers" need to be called out for the shit-stains they actually are.
Conservatives cancelled alcohol and drugs. They tried to cancel heavy metal and dungeons and dragons. They cancelled thousands of black people with nooses. Now they
I agree, some cancel culture is in order. People like yourself for instance...;)
Seriously, no, no and a thousand times no! You do not get to talk about marginalizing accusations. Because accusations without a proper hearing before a judge are and will forever remain just some people throwing niceties at someone else they don't like.
Given how much it is en vogue to accuse anyone whose name is known to more than five people of misconduct, an accusation is worth NOTHING!
I see in another comment you describe yourself as a high functioning aspergers. I think you are slightly less high functioning than you imagine.
The bit you're missing here is that someone can act very unpleasantly, and make people not want to have anything to do with them, but for their behaviour to not be criminal offence.
Stallman has repeatedly done stuff that makes people not want to have anything to do with him. He's been told specific parts of his behaviour are unpleasant. He, like you, thinks that if
There's a game theory aspect, where you say that he may be a creep, but the only safe and consistent response to the cancel mob is to refuse any of their demands. If the FSF board manages to show the strength to ignore the mob, the mob loses all future power over them. The reason they're so shrill and frantic about this issue is that they've been consistently acquiesced to in the open source world. They don't want that power to slip out of their grasp.
the only safe and consistent response to the cancel mob is to refuse any of their demands.
I wonder what precisely is your definition of "the cancel mob"?
(1) "cancel mob" is anyone who says that RMS shouldn't be in a leadership position (2) there are some reasonable people who say RMS shouldn't be in a leadership position and it's fine to listen to them, but other people who say that RMS shouldn't be in a leadership position and they're the cancel mob and we should ignore them (3) "cancel mob" is anyone who thinks that no actions short of illegal ones should disqualify someone from leadership posit
186,000 Miles per Second. It's not just a good idea. IT'S THE LAW.
I'm so torn (Score:5, Interesting)
On one hand, I think Stallman cannot lead effectively under these conditions, and given the long history of accusations.
On the other hand, Debian governance gave us systemd.
On the gripping hand, if the OSI says they won't work with the FSF while Stallman is around, that's a huge bonus. Fuck those fraudulent fucks.
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On one hand, I think Stallman cannot lead effectively under these conditions, and given the long history of accusations.
Only because people like you keep spouting this crap. The 'has become a distraction' argument has become nothing more than bland cover for cowards who won't stand up to cancel culture but also don't agree.
"Cancelers" need to be called out for the shit-stains they actually are. Cowards are who they are, personal I just make note of them for future awareness that they can't be depended on.
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Only because people like you keep spouting this crap.
It's actually because people keep making claims of harassment against him, but way to marginalize them.
The 'has become a distraction' argument has become nothing more than bland cover for cowards who won't stand up to cancel culture but also don't agree.
I don't stand up to cancel culture because I am not opposed to cancel culture. Conservacucks have no right to stand up to cancel culture because they invented cancel culture. I am not a coward, and I do agree. Lots of things should be cancelled.
"Cancelers" need to be called out for the shit-stains they actually are.
Conservatives cancelled alcohol and drugs. They tried to cancel heavy metal and dungeons and dragons. They cancelled thousands of black people with nooses. Now they
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I agree, some cancel culture is in order. People like yourself for instance... ;)
Seriously, no, no and a thousand times no! You do not get to talk about marginalizing accusations. Because accusations without a proper hearing before a judge are and will forever remain just some people throwing niceties at someone else they don't like.
Given how much it is en vogue to accuse anyone whose name is known to more than five people of misconduct, an accusation is worth NOTHING!
Obviously it must be investigated prope
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I see in another comment you describe yourself as a high functioning aspergers. I think you are slightly less high functioning than you imagine.
The bit you're missing here is that someone can act very unpleasantly, and make people not want to have anything to do with them, but for their behaviour to not be criminal offence.
Stallman has repeatedly done stuff that makes people not want to have anything to do with him. He's been told specific parts of his behaviour are unpleasant. He, like you, thinks that if
Re:I'm so torn (Score:5, Insightful)
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the only safe and consistent response to the cancel mob is to refuse any of their demands.
I wonder what precisely is your definition of "the cancel mob"?
(1) "cancel mob" is anyone who says that RMS shouldn't be in a leadership position
(2) there are some reasonable people who say RMS shouldn't be in a leadership position and it's fine to listen to them, but other people who say that RMS shouldn't be in a leadership position and they're the cancel mob and we should ignore them
(3) "cancel mob" is anyone who thinks that no actions short of illegal ones should disqualify someone from leadership posit