Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement

Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement by seoaeu on Sunday April 17, 2022 @11:49PM (#31067182)

People are defined by what they say though. And a quick google search reveals that RMS’s “emacs virgins” comment wasn’t just an out of character remark he made once in passing

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Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement by worik on Sunday April 17, 2022 @11:58PM (#31067264)

Perhaps because I do not use google (are you in a bubble?) I did not have that result searching.

Before I commented I tried to find the source, interesting digressions ensued, but nothing that suggests this is typical.

Also I mentioned I have been following him for a long time (nearly three decades, golly). I have never heard those sorts of words pass his lips.

So I accuse you of telling a lie here. It is not uncommon to make up stories and exaggerate faults of those you politically oppose. Still lies

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Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement by lovich on Monday April 18, 2022 @04:54AM (#31068642)

First hit for me searching `emacs virgin stallman` on duckduckgo and bing separately. That's three major search engines. (Are you in a bubble?)

>I have never heard those sorts of words pass his lips. >So I accuse you of telling a lie here. It is not uncommon to make up stories and exaggerate faults of those you politically oppose. Still lies

You must not be listening very hard. Making comments like these is even part of his wikipedia page as he had to set down from the FSF and MIT for a while for similar comments

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Re:Richard Stallman – The state of the Free Software movement by tsuujin on Monday April 18, 2022 @02:11AM (#31067916)

I’m honestly surprised it took as long as it did to see the first Stallman-apologist “you must be living in a bubble” rebuttal.

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