Re:A Critique of the Open Letter Calling for the Removal of RMS
by zaarn on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:46AM
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While I agree that part of the outrage is probably a bit over the top, I think it's exactly comments like the on linked in the GP that are a good reason why RMS shouldn't be in a top leadership role. That and plenty of other things like him blocking improvements in GCC, Emacs and other GNU projects merely by being able to veto plenty of things outright. This is not the look you want to present to the public if you're the FSF.
Re:A Critique of the Open Letter Calling for the Removal of RMS
by narag on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:29AM
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From what I understand his actual views aren't that horrible. But it's almost as if he goes out of his way to write things in the most provoking way possible.
Stallman is an activist, the kind of person that intentionally provokes outrage to make a point and bring issues to discussion.
The bizarre part of all this saga is that he's being attacked by exactly the same kind of people using his very same tactics. It's like some of those Godzilla vs Kong movies.
Honestly I don't find this funny. But I don't care about it either. I had not heard much about the FSF last decade.
I really think he should run everything he writes by someone who is more empathic. He is a public figure. He has a serious disability when it comes to public communication. He should take measures to deal with that. But I guess he's too proud?
I truly think Stallmans intentions have been OK. But you can't just pretend like it doesn't matter how communications are received by the reader. That's the whole point of communication. It's a bit like driving with poor vision. You don't intend to crash, but it's kind of inevitable if you don't correct for your disability.