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 @11:44PM (#21121851)

“I better not see anyone here doing XYZ or else I’ll ABC” is the complete construction of the phrase you use.

In parenting, this phrase typically replaces ABC with “punish you”, “hit you”, “spank you”.

Your construction buries the implied violence of that phrase by leaving off the “or else”, but that does not resolve the inappropriateness of threatening “or else” on this forum.

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Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by remarkEon on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:01AM (#21121922)

I’m glad to see you enjoy policing language as much as Stallman’s detractors. Most would consider it “rude” to invent something out of thin air that was not actually said and ascribe “violence” of intent to it - but, again, seems right in line with this thread.

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Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by JabavuAdams on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:04AM (#21121933)

I dunno. I read it as ABC is "call you a hypocrite". I mean it's strong phrasing, but ... your concern seems more of a personal hot-button.

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Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by floatingatoll on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:20AM (#21122030)

Whether violent ABC or nonviolent ABC, “I’d better not see XYZ or else ABC” is equally inappropriate here regardless.

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Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by dependenttypes on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:17AM (#21122786)

Is an explicit “I’d better not see XYZ or else ABC” worse than an implicit one? Consider an implicit "you better not have the same opinions as stallman or I will cancel you" for example.

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