Richard M. Stallman resigns
RMS was defending his friend who, at the age of 74, is accused of having sex with a 17 year old girl on a billionaire&#x27;s private island.<p>There is not a defense for what RMS was writing or how he was trying to defend Minsky.<p>The prevalence of comments trying to turn this against &quot;SJW&quot;s or whatever &quot;other&quot; they can because they&#x27;re a fan of RMS is disturbing.<p>This isn&#x27;t us vs. them.<p>This is a man who said something wildly inappropriate in an MIT forum and got fired.  He deserved it.  Defending him by pointing towards people who overreact to things is a bit terrible.<p>The firing was appropriate and reasonable, not a response to extremists, zealots, or some other kind of witch.<p>I welcome anyone to provide a counter-argument.