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Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by noobermin on Monday March 22, 2021 @06:59AM (#26539133)
Were there any allegations of him doing unwanted flirting? This post seems to be conflating rms' cancellation with other people's unwanted behavior.
Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by compiler-guy on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:26AM (#26541280)
His inappropriate behavior toward women is well documented. One example where women traded advice on how to keep him away.

https://mobile.twitter.com/starsandrobots/status/99426727746...

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by DonHopkins on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:01AM (#26541796)
>Star Simpson @starsandrobots Replying to @corbett

>I remember being walked around campus by an upperclassman getting advice during my freshman year at MIT. "Look at all the plants in her office," referring to a professor. "All the women CSAIL professors keep massive amounts of foliage" s/he said. "Stallman really hates plants."

Star is correct: RMS really hates plants, and is afraid of trees.

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by noobermin on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:54AM (#26541687)
This is hearsay...if it is well documented may be it would help to provide an example of bad behavior from someone who dealt with it directly.
Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by compiler-guy on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:40AM (#26542378)
https://selamjie.medium.com/remove-richard-stallman-appendix...

Among other examples:

“When I was a teen freshman, I went to a buffet lunch at an Indian restaurant in Central Square with a graduate student friend and others from the AI lab. I don’t know if he and I were the last two left, but at a table with only the two of us, Richard Stallman told me of his misery and that he’d kill himself if I didn’t go out with him. I felt bad for him and also uncomfortable and manipulated. I did not like being put in that position — suddenly responsible for an “important” man. What had I done to get into this situation? I decided I could not be responsible for his living or dying, and would have to accept him killing himself. I declined further contact. He was not a man of his word or he’d be long dead.” —Betsy S., Bachelor’s in Management Science, ’85

His social cluelessness is legendary--no one really disputes it. Why it wouldn't be true toward women as well, I have no idea.

I'm sure you will find a way to dismiss this, but there are plenty of stories out there if you look.