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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by Smithalicious on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @05:35PM (#21000317)
>We all have second-hand stories of how, when Stallman came to our cities (in my case Paris) for a conference, he acted like the worst fucking person on earth towards his volunteering hosts.

No we don't. Your vague unspecified second-hand stories aren't any kind of evidence or argument. Come with specifics or this is just slander.

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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by dragonwriter on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @06:14PM (#21000628)
> Come with specifics or this is just slander.

Whether or not specifics are provided is irrelevant as to whether or not it's slander.

Specifics may be relevant to whether you personally believe it, but that's also not relevant to whether it is factually slander.

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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by Smithalicious on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @06:34PM (#21000769)
Ah, I wasn't aware, sorry. Is there an English word that constitutes an accusation against someone with no proof?
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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by CocaKoala on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @07:55PM (#21001252)
Allegation is the word you're looking for.

> a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof.

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