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Datas_Cat_Spot ,
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One thing I’ve learned over the years: the scruffier looking the IT guy, the more they should be listened to.

elscallr ,
@elscallr@lemmy.world avatar

They don’t bear the moniker “greybeard” without reason

Klear ,

I thought that was because they shout a lot.

negativenull ,

Richard Stallman is rarely wrong

TheBat ,
@TheBat@lemmy.world avatar

Except when he eats something from his foot.

oce ,
@oce@jlai.lu avatar

We’re just too pedestrian to get it.

TheGrandNagus ,

Or talks about paedophilia…

“The nominee is quoted as saying that if the choice of a sexual partner were protected by the Constitution, ‘prostitution, adultery, necrophilia, bestiality, possession of child pornography, and even incest and pedophilia’ also would be. He is probably mistaken, legally–but that is unfortunate. All of these acts should be legal as long as no one is coerced. They are illegal only because of prejudice and narrowmindedness.”

RMS on June 28th, 2003

"I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children. The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on cases which aren’t voluntary, which are then stretched by parents who are horrified by the idea that their little baby is maturing. "

RMS on June 5th, 2006

"There is little evidence to justify the widespread assumption that willing participation in pedophilia hurts children.

Granted, children may not dare say no to an older relative, or may not realize they could say no; in that case, even if they do not overtly object, the relationship may still feel imposed to them. That’s not willing participation, it’s imposed participation, a different issue. "

RMS on Jan 4th, 2013

That said, when he’s talking about the potential dangers of proprietary software, he’s usually bang on.

ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling ,
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Taking RMS’s word as law outside of dev space is like asking Michael Jordan to solve all the geopolitical conflicts in the middle east. Why the fuck would you think he knows anything about that?

Squids ,

…I mean if Michael Jordon went around saying “we should just like, carpet bomb the place and take over” I think people would also be pretty horrified

Klear ,

I went from “he was probably defending pedophiles not acting on it” to “HOLY FUCK” real fast…

Illecors ,
@Illecors@lemmy.cafe avatar

I understand this is not an easy topic, but what is the “HOLY FUCK” bit you’re referring to here?

Klear ,

That I can’t find any sort of charitable explanation or missing context for those quotes. They start utterly awful and only get worse.

froghorse ,

I’ll bet he doesn’t even tie his dick in a knot.

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