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In Support of Richard Stallman

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Re: In Support of Richard Stallman

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Post by cocoa19 »

I hope this is not flagged into oblivion like other Stallman threads.

RMS was truly beyond his time, even when everyone thought he was crazy. It's sad to see a legend go down because a misinformation campaign.

Re: In Support of Richard Stallman

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Post by mplewis »

"Stallman's comprehensive personal philosophy on social matters can make people uncomfortable."

Could you include a bit on the site that discusses RMS' "pleasure cards" and how he continued to hand them to women even after he was asked to stop because it made people uncomfortable? https://twitter.com/wiredferret/status/1173042834179534849

Re: In Support of Richard Stallman

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Post by d_tr »

mplewis wrote: post #4

"Stallman's comprehensive personal philosophy on social matters can make people uncomfortable." Could you include a bit on the site that discusses RMS' "pleasure cards" and how he continued to hand them to women even after he was asked to stop because it made people uncomfortable? https://twitter.com/wiredferret/status/1173042834179534849

You have to admit that the open letter paints him as something much worse than that though. Quite the vicious and hotheaded campaign that naturally ended up being divisive. At least they did not call him racist.

Re: In Support of Richard Stallman

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Post by 0xy »

mplewis wrote: post #4

"Stallman's comprehensive personal philosophy on social matters can make people uncomfortable." Could you include a bit on the site that discusses RMS' "pleasure cards" and how he continued to hand them to women even after he was asked to stop because it made people uncomfortable? https://twitter.com/wiredferret/status/1173042834179534849

Devils advocate: is there any proof that these aren't just business cards using poor taste humor, like Zuck's "I'm CEO, Bitch." card?

Who exactly coined the "pleasure card" moniker?

You also noted he continued to hand them out after being asked to stop, but the link doesn't seem to corroborate that (and is a random Twitter accusation at that).

Re: In Support of Richard Stallman

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Post by wrycoder »

mplewis wrote: post #4

"Stallman's comprehensive personal philosophy on social matters can make people uncomfortable." Could you include a bit on the site that discusses RMS' "pleasure cards" and how he continued to hand them to women even after he was asked to stop because it made people uncomfortable? https://twitter.com/wiredferret/status/1173042834179534849

I remember “tender hugs” being quite the thing in the last quarter of the 20th century.

What else is notable about his card?

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