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Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by tptacek on Sunday March 21, 2021 @10:26PM (#26536217)
You can stand by a friend without minimizing the harm they cause.
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Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by hutzlibu on Monday March 22, 2021 @07:59AM (#26539604)
You mean marginalising?

Because minimizing harm is nothing bad as far as I am concerned.

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Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by etiam on Monday March 22, 2021 @07:58AM (#26539596)
When the actual harm was zero? And perhaps more importantly when the accusations go well beyond anything evidence warrants?
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Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by hutzlibu on Monday March 22, 2021 @08:02AM (#26539634)
Yep. That thinking is part of the problem.

Because you did not feel bothered by him you assume no one has a right to it?

And justified or not, there was real harm done to the reputation of FSF.

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