Re:The media's hit piece on Richard Stallman
by namesbc on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @04:24PM
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How about don't defend child rape or we'll remove you from any position of power over another human?
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Re:The media's hit piece on Richard Stallman
by craigsmansion on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @04:49PM
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How about not alleging dead people are violent child rapists without any evidence, and then, when being called out on your false allegations, create a media storm of manufactured outrage to punish the person who called you out on them?
Re:The media's hit piece on Richard Stallman
by viklove on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @05:00PM
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I don't think anyone is defending child rape, but rather questioning what even constitutes "child rape." There's obviously a difference between a 7 year old and a 17 year old, and using one term (child) to describe both cases seems strange.
Re:The media's hit piece on Richard Stallman
by VikingCoder on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @05:36PM
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Really? You don't think anyone is defending sex with minors?
"I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children. The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on cases which aren't voluntary, which are then stretched by parents who are horrified by the idea that their little baby is maturing."
https://stallman.org/archives/2006-mar-jun.html#05%20June%20...
Re:The media's hit piece on Richard Stallman
by prongletown on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @04:29PM
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People have been harping on "staying woke" and "cancel culture" as a way of criticizing changing values about sexual abuse and positions of power.
When you dig into every case where you see this, there's almost always reasonable context.