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Re:Glenn Greenwald: The NSA tampers with US-made routers by bowlofpetunias on Monday May 12, 2014 @04:19PM (#7735185)
RMS is (almost) always right.

Just not always particularly pragmatic. Or agreeable.

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Re:Glenn Greenwald: The NSA tampers with US-made routers by davidgerard on Monday May 12, 2014 @05:21PM (#7735490)
His track record of rightness is what pisses off his detractors most.
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Re:Glenn Greenwald: The NSA tampers with US-made routers by psykovsky on Tuesday May 13, 2014 @04:58AM (#7737146)
His track record of rightness is what attracts his supporters most.
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Re:Glenn Greenwald: The NSA tampers with US-made routers by Crito on Monday May 12, 2014 @10:11PM (#7736314)
RMS reminds me of Ignaz Semmelweis. He is correct, but people stick their fingers in their ears and try to reject what he is saying because of how he delivers his message and because they are not comfortable with the implications of what he is saying.
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Re:Glenn Greenwald: The NSA tampers with US-made routers by gss44 on Monday May 12, 2014 @07:02PM (#7735894)
Being idealistic doesn't at all detract from the real practical progress that he and the FSF have made in the past 20+ years.

He knows exactly what he's doing when he takes a hard line. Being weak-spirited and compromising isn't a very good way to get noticed.

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