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>If you want to discuss our report on Hacker News, you will have to help us overcome the systemic reactionary bias on HN. The message is clear: HN has a "bias" (according to them) and their readers must take action in order to discuss it. It could be that readers here disagree with them, it could be that readers don't buy their attempt at character assassination, instead they play victims as if there was a grand cons…
The FSF has largely failed to garner political/public influence to prevent the enshittification of the digital world. What is there to be gained from a putsch like this? If these people truly cared about the mission RMS set out to achieve they would realize that further dividing the minuscule libre software community (which is already co-opted by corporate interests to a large degree) will only get us further away from making a difference in the areas that actually matter.
Like damn, we only narrowly avoided a future where I can't even browse the internet without a TPM attested bootchain deemed "trustworthy" by corporations, and somehow a 71 year old cancer patient is the hottest issue in the tech world right now? Get a fucking grip.
This all just seems like a toxic power grab by people who are blinded by their narcissistic self righteousness.
The man has weird views on non tech issues. Some are thought provoking, some are plain bad hills to die on. But I don't see how this is something I should be getting up in arms over. The FSF has largely failed to garner political/public influence to prevent the enshittification of the digital world. What is there to be gained from a putsch like this? If these people truly cared about the mission RMS set out to achiev…
Unless of course your whole point was using whataboutism to defend your hero, because you think that past achievements always outweigh any harm he may be doing.
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I'll be extremely charitable and assume you meant to link to the site in general as a rebuttal, and not specifically to the webpage that just lists his awards, because saying that someone's misdeeds don't matter because they also did great things is a rather gross viewpoint and a continuing insult to the people who are victims both of the "Great Men" and the wannabe-"Great Men" who feel safe doing such acts in the be…
I was just trying to find something that took the other side. As I said, I take no position on these accusations. I simply don't know enough.
On the other hand, it's not a criminal charge. It's about who and how leads an institution.
I've seen post-USSR academic institutions led by old directors for decades, with good scientific achievements in the background, but at the time just being there for the old merits, doing ceremonial stuff and signing the necessary minimum of papers. At the time, academia was centrally financed, so they negotiated the money with the upper ranks of the same age and background.
Their behaviour was weird to many people around: comments about ages & sex (like "women's business is the kitchen"), broad judgements, "don't be stupid kid, turn your brain on" kind of comments, making people unease. Quite likely bitter about the USSR collapse. My female friends said they were told after studying or working in academia that they should go have kind rather than try getting PhD. There was no other institution of the same kind in the city. And after all, why should YOU quit as soon as you get unprofessional treatment?
Recalling this, I can understand the discontent with Stallman and the board.
The man has weird views on non tech issues. Some are thought provoking, some are plain bad hills to die on. But I don't see how this is something I should be getting up in arms over. The FSF has largely failed to garner political/public influence to prevent the enshittification of the digital world. What is there to be gained from a putsch like this? If these people truly cared about the mission RMS set out to achiev…
What is there to be gained you ask? Well, there is currently a creep in a position of power at FSF who is actively making women and other people feel unwelcome, effectively pushing them out of the community. By removing him from this position, making it clear that such behavior is unacceptable and will not be tolerated, a much broader participation could be achieved. And then these "much bigger" issues you seem to ca…
No. My point is that replacing him with people who prioritize political grandstanding over fighting for the cause at hand are just as worse if not more.
The people who gave their signature on the previous failed deplatforming attempt were numerous enough to easily fund their own FSF that is not encumbered by the influence by rms. But they didn't. They didn't because that takes actual work unlike spewing vitriol like they do here. They can only destroy but not create.
On the one hand, the case seems too little. Some weird opinions (but are you in the free country with free speech to express even weird opinions?), then an interaction back in the 80's(!!!), exactly one weird comment on stage, suggestive behaviour... On the other hand, it's not a criminal charge. It's about who and how leads an institution. I've seen post-USSR academic institutions led by old directors for decades, w…
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It seems that you are worried about cases but there are no witness/proof that is where the truthfulness of accusations is in doubt. No such thing here, they are basically quoting him and putting related quotes together. Almost like someone writing a book review of a philosopher or something. You could say "what about out of context quoting!?" but he seems quite consistent in his ideas and it would be quite a coincide…
The Epstein quote is taken out of context and his controversial opinion about age of consent (which isn't even that different from the opinions held by esteemed philosophers like Michel Foucault and Simone de Beauvoir) was retracted publicly by him years ago.
I have a lot of sympathy for teenager leading their own sex lives with each other. I have a lot less sympathy for adults that bring up the fact that teenager are entitled to a sexuality when the implication is that adults shouldn't be frowned upon for courting teenagers. Even less so for someone who had to retract his previous positions that children of all age...
EDIT: You haven't read the document clearly because it does not rely on the epstein quote and clearly marks what has been retracted
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I don't know if trans women are real women but they are what they are and certainly entitled to live a good life as any other member of society and if they are only asking for being called (trans) women instead of men with dicks I fail to see how this is more of an issue that having access ramps for wheelchair in buildings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zreTvtpTeoU
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-ma...