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I have a problem with this whole chain.<br>
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First off likening RMS's comments to the incel movement is kind of
like the comments made by Gina Carano.<br>
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Way off the mark and amazingly incendiary but that does not mean
that the author of the comments should largely have their life
destroyed by a stupid-comment moment.<br>
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Now back to RMS.<br>
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I agree that he is likely not the best person to lead the FSF but
without the FSF having a clear set of ethical guidelines to things
that do not relate to free software then its going to be hard to
find someone who is not offending to someone else.<br>
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Should he be teaching at MIT.<br>
Well it sounds like there may be a better case there for getting rid
of him for hitting on students but that is MIT's problem.<br>
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I have a problem with characterizing this as political correctness
run amok.<br>
That just throws the whole conversation out without critically
looking at it which is political incorrectness run amok.<br>
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Having walked through the articles and comments it seams clear to me
that some people have taken a bit of information and then
extrapolated to find outrage.<br>
<br>
I know a man who likes to beat women.<br>
<br>
To the best of my knowledge he has never assaulted a woman and all
the women he beats are willing participants, some of whom I also
know.<br>
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Take the first comment alone and you have a right to be outraged.<br>
The rest of the context changes it from an abuser to someone who has
a "hobby"(not the right word but I can't think of a better one now)
that many would find distasteful. <br>
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Lets cool down the outrage in both directions.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/23/21 9:46 PM, Evan Leibovitch via
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that GTALUG as an organization add its name to the petition,
already signed by a healthy cross section of the FOSS world.</div>
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style="font-size:12.8px">@evanleibovitch / </span><span
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