Re:In Defense of Richard Stallman
by makomk on Monday September 30, 2019 @08:24AM
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Presumably that was his actual views back then. People have relied heavily on that second quote to prove that he still holds those views though.
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If he hasn't very publicly retracted that view and apologized (and: he hasn't), then he shouldn't be surprised that people aren't willing to give him the benefit of the doubt when he talks about sex crimes.
> If he hasn't very publicly retracted that view and apologized (and: he hasn't)
Except he has (https://www.stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html):
> 14 September 2019 (Sex between an adult and a child is wrong) Many years ago I posted that I could not see anything wrong about sex between an adult and a child, if the child accepted it. Through personal conversations in recent years, I've learned to understand how sex with a child can harm per psychologically. This changed my mind about the matter: I think adults should not do that. I am grateful for the conversations that enabled me to understand why.