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The Stallman Report

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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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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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1. 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?