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The Stallman Report

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1. aag ◴[] No.41844159[source]
Here is a web site that defends Stallman:

https://stallmansupport.org/richard-stallman-honors-and-awar...

I take no position.

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2. shadowgovt ◴[] No.41844193[source]
It's a good awards list, but I'm not sure industry and ecosystem awards are the right way to judge something like this. Compare and contrast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein#Awards_and_ho...
3. jcranmer ◴[] No.41845103[source]
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 belief that future greatness will similarly exonerate them.

The page that's most responsive to what's brought up is here: https://stallmansupport.org/debunking-false-accusations-agai.... However, I feel that it doesn't really debunk the core accusations here, which is essentially that Stallman's views on what constitutes consent just aren't acceptable in today's world.

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4. aag ◴[] No.41845402[source]
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.
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5. fsflover ◴[] No.41846414{3}[source]
You repeated an already existing link from comments, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41838335, and changed it to look less credible.
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6. aag ◴[] No.41853153{4}[source]
I didn't repeat it or change it. I hadn't seen it.
7. mikrotikker ◴[] No.41904607[source]
Given that some of the "evidence" is decades old do we know if his views on consent remain the same to this day?