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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by roguecoder on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @10:27AM (#20995492)
He is not acting logically, at all. Had he actually apologised he probably could have kept his job. Had he stopped being an asshole any of the times people tried to help him be less of an asshole he could have kept his job and maybe people would have defended him. Instead, he had been so awful for so long that when people came forward with his latest bullshit defending his friend over the child his friend committed statutory rape with, we all knew that it was in character for him.

Imagining his (incorrect, head canon-fueled) pedanticism is “logical” is an insult to logic.

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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by atypicaluser on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @10:35AM (#20995600)
That's not what happened. And I doubt that any amount of apology, even if RMS was sincere, would have been sufficient--contrition is not punishment enough in today's Salem.
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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by balaksakrionon on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @07:10PM (#21001004)
Please note that Minksy is alleged to have had sex with the girl, and there is an eyewitness account stating that he declined to have sex. It's important to be as truthful as possible when speaking about this issue.
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