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Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by atq2119 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @01:46AM (#21122383)
> I see a bunch of people beating up on and attacking an awkward "nerd". It reminds me of high school.

That perfectly captures my own impression of this whole debacle.

People keep piling on RMS because he's "weird" rather than anything objectively bad that he's done - notice how often his travel binder is being raised even though it's really completely harmless. That's literally witch-hunt behaviour: persecuting somebody because he's different.

And of the things he was attacked for that would be objectively bad, so much of it turns out to be either a misunderstanding, misinterpretation, or outright fabrication (like apparently the "hot ladies" sign).

I can believe that there is a true kernel of bad behaviour from RMS, but it's blown way out of proportion by all the other stuff around it, and that gives this whole affair the stench of persecuting somebody merely for being different. It's very frustrating.

Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by ktm5j on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @05:57PM (#21131165)
Hey now, I was the proverbial awkward nerd in highschool, but you know what I've never done? I've never implied that child pornography is okay.. or bestiality.. so I see this differently.

I've heard nasty things come out of that man and I have no interest in listening to him.

Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by oska on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @10:55PM (#21133114)
This comment also reminded me of highschool - "Yeah, I'm a nerd who gets bullied but hey, at least I'm not like this other nerd who gets bullied. Actually, I agree with the people who bully him that at least he deserves it."
Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by ktm5j on Thursday October 03, 2019 @03:38PM (#21151165)
You're just as entitled to your opinion as I am to mine. I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything.