• @devnull
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    133 years ago

    It’s always accusations, not a clear-cut case.

    No, there’s a tons of evidence on many episodes when he embarrassed the Free Software movement by acting poorly in public speaking events. You can find pictures, videos and descriptions of him doing weird things ranging from older comments around age of consent, annoying women with unwanted attention, walking around barefoot or poorly dressed, throwing temper tantrums and the list goes on.

    This is not about judging him as a person. A spokeperson is responsible for representing a community in public. Bad publicity harms other people.

    • Ephera
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      33 years ago

      I mean, speaking as a member of said community, Free Software is punk. I don’t want a fashionable representative who only says things that everyone agrees with.

      Sure, I don’t need my Free Software representative to philosophize about the age of consent, but as long as he’s not telling people to rape others, I do not have a problem with that, and again, would rather have him speak his mind than not say anything that’s pushing the boundaries.

      • @devnull
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        33 years ago

        This punk supporting gender equality and anti-sexism?

        • @aab
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          13 years ago

          I don’t think he is anti equality or sexist, his actions only reflect poor social skills. His take on pronouns for example just seems like he was being overly pedantic about language again (GNU/Linux anyone?). And the reports about him annoying women sound like he just lacks awareness about how he is perceived.

          So yeah, this punk supporting gender equality and anti-sexism. The punk that, last time I checked, didn’t have problems with people expressing themselves in idiosyncratic ways.

    • ghost_laptop
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      13 years ago

      The age of consent and the annoying of women is bad, but the rest I don’t really care, IMO I kind of like it, it is fun and I prefer that to a souless kind of CEO.

      • @devnull
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        23 years ago

        …and yet the evidence is overwhelming.