Re:Mozilla, Tor Join Calls to Oust Richard Stallman from Fre...
by orra on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @07:35PM
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> Being a bit of a weirdo - which is really the only allegation so far that has had any real merit, to my knowledge - is not sexual harassment.
Well, sure: if you ignore all the evidence, then put up a straw man, you'll never be able to criticise his harassment.
Again, RMS is being ostracized for sexual harassment, not for being a weirdo.
Re:Mozilla, Tor Join Calls to Oust Richard Stallman from Fre...
by yellowapple on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @07:51PM
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> if you ignore all the evidence
What evidence? Pretty much all of it, last I checked, has fallen into any of three categories:
1. Debunked (the "protector of hot ladies" thing, claiming Epstein's victims to have been "entirely willing")
2. Based on some gross exaggeration or misrepresentation (the mattress in his office at MIT, EDIT: and the "pleasure cards")
3. Hearsay
Being a bit of a weirdo - which is really the only allegation so far that has had any real merit, to my knowledge - is not sexual harassment. Claiming otherwise does a massive disservice both to neuroatypical people and to actual victims of sexual harassment.
> Finally, does he have an autism diagnosis?
Does he need one? This is the US we're talking about; considering how frequently and harshly even the slightest mental irregularity gets ostracized in this country - as exemplified in this very thread - I wouldn't blame him for being undiagnosed, whether due to not knowing there's something different about himself in the first place or due to actively wanting to avoid the stigma such a diagnosis would carry.
> The responsible thing to do, if Stallman were autistic, would be to seek treatment for autism.
Right, I'm sure there's some pill he can take, right? Oooh, or maybe hypnotherapy! Or lobotomies! Or electroshock therapy!
Imagine calling me ableist in the same breath used to insist that neuroatypical people should submit themselves to some sort of conversion therapy if they want to be accepted in society.