Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
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Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
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Re: Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
#2Related earlier post:
> I want to respond to the misleading media coverage of messages I posted about Marvin Minsky's association with Jeffrey Epstein. The coverage totally mischaracterised my statements.
> Headlines say that I defended Epstein. Nothing could be further from the truth. I've called him a "serial rapist", and said he deserved to be imprisoned. But many people now believe I defended him — and other inaccurate claims — and feel a real hurt because of what they believe I said.
> I'm sorry for that hurt. I wish I could have prevented the misunderstanding.
Source: https://stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html#14_September...
Re: Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
#3Maybe Richard will think twice about supporting such bats*!t insane social justice warriors having now become victim to their bigotry and demonizing of his character.
Re: Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
#4That's a bummer. All of the articles talking about how MIT SCIENTIST DEFENDS EPSTEIN'S CHILD RAPE RING were incredibly misleading and taking his quotes ridiculously out of context.
Re: Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
#5I am surprised he was being paid by the Institute at all. For decades he was not AFAIK.
Re: Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
#6Related earlier post: > I want to respond to the misleading media coverage of messages I posted about Marvin Minsky's association with Jeffrey Epstein. The coverage totally mischaracterised my statements. > Headlines say that I defended Epstein. Nothing could be further from the truth. I've called him a "serial rapist", and said he deserved to be imprisoned. But many people now believe I defended him — and other inac…
I didn’t follow the story. Was Stallman taken out of context?
Anyway, he probably should have know better than to weigh in.
One’s well thought out response and subtle points can often turn out to have a few holes. In fact...
“If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged”
Re: Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
#7That's a bummer. All of the articles talking about how MIT SCIENTIST DEFENDS EPSTEIN'S CHILD RAPE RING were incredibly misleading and taking his quotes ridiculously out of context.
That’s definitely true.
But I think the big problem for him is that his comments were quite troubling even in proper context.
Re: Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
#8This is how you destroy an institution. Now a politically correct person will take his place, likely a young women. She will increase equality and participation, and also those nerd computey things.
Funny this is not happening everywhere, just in the west. Makes you think.
Re: Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
#9Was this his only MIT affiliation?
Re: Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
#10Related earlier post: > I want to respond to the misleading media coverage of messages I posted about Marvin Minsky's association with Jeffrey Epstein. The coverage totally mischaracterised my statements. > Headlines say that I defended Epstein. Nothing could be further from the truth. I've called him a "serial rapist", and said he deserved to be imprisoned. But many people now believe I defended him — and other inac…
I didn’t follow the story. Was Stallman taken out of context? Anyway, he probably should have know better than to weigh in. One’s well thought out response and subtle points can often turn out to have a few holes. In fact... “If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged”
> Anyway, he probably should have know better than to weigh in.
RMS is not exactly famous for his keen social skills.