I can't belive this is still in the news. He put his foot in his mouth years ago, was punished, apologized a d explained his stupid nerdy inability to vocalize what he really meant and it came out wrong. I for one Commend him for standing up to these bullies and media hack journalists.
1. Selective misinterpretations of words are better than facts
2. Political correctness must be achieved at any cost to others than myself.
3. All reasonable people are under suspicion because my belief system cannot stand the light of reason.
4. If you are not with me you are against me.
5. If you don't like it, you are next
Those aren't new rules. The idea of being politically correct has always existed in... wait for it... political positions. Which is precisely what Stallman's position on in the FSF is. He's not there for technical advice. He's not there for for his engineering skills. He's there are a public figurehead, a highly political position depending heavily on good PR.
And he's proven himself to be unqualified.
Note: There is no misinterpretation of words. Whether what Stallman said was right or wrong technically has zero bearing on the discussions right now. His position in public defense of Minsky is the sword he chose to fall on. Having public opinions like that is reserved for those people not in positions that are 100% dependent on public relations.
You seem to misunderstand how PR works, and has worked for 100s of years.
"Note: There is no misinterpretation of words. Whether what Stallman said was right or wrong technically has zero bearing on the discussions right now. His position in public defense of Minsky is the sword he chose to fall on. Having public opinions like that is reserved for those people not in positions that are 100% dependent on public relations."
You are part of the problem. Hurry, or you will be late for your womyn's studies class.
"There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them"
- Heisenberg
Safe spaces. (Score:2)
Well the nice thing about saying nothing is no one can agree or disagree with you.
Re: Safe spaces. (Score:5, Interesting)
Re: (Score:5, Insightful)
1. Selective misinterpretations of words are better than facts
2. Political correctness must be achieved at any cost to others than myself.
3. All reasonable people are under suspicion because my belief system cannot stand the light of reason.
4. If you are not with me you are against me.
5. If you don't like it, you are next
Re: Safe spaces. (Score:1)
Those aren't new rules. The idea of being politically correct has always existed in ... wait for it ... political positions. Which is precisely what Stallman's position on in the FSF is. He's not there for technical advice. He's not there for for his engineering skills. He's there are a public figurehead, a highly political position depending heavily on good PR.
And he's proven himself to be unqualified.
Note: There is no misinterpretation of words. Whether what Stallman said was right or wrong technically has zero bearing on the discussions right now. His position in public defense of Minsky is the sword he chose to fall on. Having public opinions like that is reserved for those people not in positions that are 100% dependent on public relations.
You seem to misunderstand how PR works, and has worked for 100s of years.
Re: (Score:3)
"Note: There is no misinterpretation of words. Whether what Stallman said was right or wrong technically has zero bearing on the discussions right now. His position in public defense of Minsky is the sword he chose to fall on. Having public opinions like that is reserved for those people not in positions that are 100% dependent on public relations."
You are part of the problem. Hurry, or you will be late for your womyn's studies class.