In Defense of Richard Stallman
Diversity -- but no diversity of opinion...<p>Inclusiveness -- but let&#x27;s ostracize the non-conforming aspie...<p>Fairness -- but let&#x27;s fire people or make them resign from unrelated positions for their personal opinions, because obviously all of a person&#x27;s life should serve as a big PR, and god forbid they don&#x27;t play the role 24&#x2F;7. Someone might call them for it on Twitter, and what could their employee&#x2F;organization do other than fire them? (in the &quot;Land of the free&quot; nonetheless)<p>Not to mention the blatant conformity and blandness -- punishing experimentation, personality, eccentricity, being the devil&#x27;s advocate, controversiality, and, worse of all, being &#x27;unprofessional&#x27; (as if the FSF is something akin to 1970s IBM)...<p>First they came for Patch Adams...<p>The current environment rewards the worst kind of scum: holier-than-thou hypocritical tell-tales and people who enjoy yielding power over others by drawing lynch-mobs.<p>I have wrote against Epstein here in several threads, but I could have lunch with a person who has controversial opinions on the matter like Stallman. People like those who finger-pointed and cheered on the personal consequences on Stallman, I&#x27;d prefer to live in another universe from.<p>Are you happy now? Justice for Epstein&#x27;s victims served? (on someone who never even met Epstein)<p>Speak up now, or don&#x27;t bother to cry crocodile tears and set up the &quot;black ribbon&quot; when we eventually lose Stallman, and tell stories of how he inspired you, etc...