Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Know Him

Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by floatingatoll on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:38PM (#21121816)

I disagree. Societal censure is appropriate on the topics you declare exempt. It is appropriate to fear censure and exile from your society when caught to simply be considering such activities, even if no criminal action is occurs. They are societally unacceptable. If his historical actions and present words lead others to be concerned that he’s an apologist, it is appropriate to react societally.

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Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by vnth93 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:18AM (#21122017)

I'm not aware that practicing radical self-censorship for the sake of conformity is the current standard of social justice, and, as far as I can tell, numerous forms of injustice were at one point or another deemed socially acceptable.

Even justifiable concerns are just exactly that, justifiable concerns. If anything, it is the society that cannot behave however it wants but has an obligation to uphold justice. It needs to have a fair legal system as opposed to mob justice and to punish only genuine criminals as opposed to merely people with criminal reputation.

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