Re:A Critique of the Open Letter Calling for the Removal of RMS
by DarkCrusader2 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:28AM
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> It surprises me that so many people are outraged by a Chrome extension that highlights names - and does nothing more as far as I know
Nothing more as of now but you should see the support for it on twitter. This rationale is similar to Nothing to hide argument[1]. Path to dystopian future is paved with good intentions. And maintaining a naughty list is definitely not in good intentions.
> and wanting to see everyone with progressive politics purged from free software entirely
Where are you getting this from? Absolutely no one suggested that.
> The hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance among Stallman's supporters
Nothing more as of now but you should see the support for it on twitter. This rationale is similar to Nothing to hide argument[1]. Path to dystopian future is paved with good intentions. And maintaining a naughty list is definitely not in good intentions.
> and wanting to see everyone with progressive politics purged from free software entirely
Where are you getting this from? Absolutely no one suggested that.
> The hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance among Stallman's supporters
I am not a Stallman supporter, fwiw.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument