Re:In Support of Richard Stallman
by unityByFreedom on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @02:20AM
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It makes me wonder whether he is sincere in his new position. He could easily add a note to his prior statements in a minute's time. He chooses not to do it. Perhaps he doesn't do it because he doesn't want to change what's been written. To me it comes off as insincere given how easy it is to modify websites. Ultimately, what he does is his choice and how it's perceived is everyone else's.
The only difference I can see is that he could do himself a favor by amending the older note. Why do you think it could be sign of insincerity? There are also literally many thousands of political notes in his site, but people seem to be fixated on like five of them.
> It makes me wonder whether he is sincere in his new position.
Somebody who always says what he thinks without giving any thought to how it will be perceived, how it will affect his future relationships with people, his employment etc is probably not the person who will follow Hillary Clinton's lead and have "a public and a private" opinion.
Re:In Support of Richard Stallman
by unityByFreedom on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @04:19AM
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All of this "stallman is a special person who does not need to follow even basic social norms" does not fly with me. He can put a little more effort into clarifying his new found views.
He has changed his views on some topics over the years, including this: https://stallman.org/archives/2019-sep-dec.html#14_September...