"I would recommend looking into the less pleasant facts about others you consider philosophically brilliant, especially those further removed from us in time"

I do. How the hell do you think I figured it out for RMS? That same critical filtering can happen not just across time, but across various axes of context.

I didn't say that he's "irredeemable" but that the constant hagiographic/endless forgiveness for his chronic boorishness by his acolytes is annoying and serves no benefit.