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Re:How The Chronicle is trying to malign Sci-Hub by wizzwizz4 on Friday July 09, 2021 @08:10AM (#27782848)
Why? Richard Stallman wasn't attacked for doing the right thing.

The first time you're thinking of, he was attacked over a misunderstanding when he wrote about a controversial topic, and people's general resentment of him bubbled over and made it a big thing. The second (more recent) one, he was attacked over unresigning, and because he pushed a lot of people away from Free Software.

Alexandra Elbakyan has, to my knowledge, not really pushed people away from open access science. She hasn't gone to conferences and made pejorative “jokes” about men, or deathists, or eaten her toe jam on stage. Why would people attack her?

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Re:How The Chronicle is trying to malign Sci-Hub by radmuzom on Friday July 09, 2021 @09:46AM (#27783590)
> "Richard Stallman wasn't attacked for doing the right thing."

He absolutely was. For defending a dead person who was being accused of sexual assault. Most people won't even take the risk of tarnishing their own reputation given that the accused is dead.

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Re:How The Chronicle is trying to malign Sci-Hub by wizzwizz4 on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:30AM (#27784017)
He did that. That's not why he was being attacked (certainly not the second time). I like Richard Stallman as much as the next person, but don't pretend he's a saint. (Although, technically…)
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