Sunday IT Wire counted up the number of signatories on two open letters, one opposing Richard Stallman's return to the FSF and one supporting it. - The pro-Stallman letter had 3,632 individual signers - The anti-Stallman letter had 2,812 individual signers (plus 48 companies and organizations). ...
    • BrownJenkin
      41·
      4 years ago

      Speak up publicly. Did you use your own real name in the support letter? You should.

        • BrownJenkin
          63·
          4 years ago

          Power in numbers. We can’t stay forever in the closet. Cancel barbarism is plain wrong.

        • Metallinatus
          13·
          4 years ago

          One can speak whatever the hell they want as long as it is not racist, xenophobic or provoking crime

          But misogyny is where you draw the line?

          • aab
            31·
            4 years ago

            Oh come on, nice work twisting the words in their mouth.

            Also I’m curious where Stallman has been openly misogynistic, as opposed to just socially clueless.

            • Metallinatus
              11·
              4 years ago

              Not twisting anything, just pointing out the hypocrisy in the quoted text.

              Also I’m at work, so I won’t dig in his past behavior on the internet for you now, but I am not the only one mentioning this stuff, which also had a part on RMS’s resign years ago, so there is little reason to still bring his misogyny into question today on 2021. Guy’s a boomer with some outdated boomer views, but being a boomer doesn’t excuse him for not updating his views.