>Stallman (rms as he is normally referred to, maybe Richard Stallman is his slave name or something(I'm joking)) was working out some of the finer points of programming when his critics were still peeing in their pants.

Written by, and for, a specific audience.

Oh ha ha ha, slavery is so silly! And pee jokes! How witty. (sarcasm:11)

Oof. To me that joke is definitely in poor taste.

As a general rule, I find that just because someone has been around for a long time or has a large body of work to show for their career does not make them a nice or pleasant person; it also doesn’t make them always right. I am not going to comment on rms specifically but how many assholes do we have running things and continue letting them be assholes just because they’ve also produced something worthwhile?

+1. Glad to see praise for rms. I'm thankful for everything he's done, and continues to do through the Free Software Movement.