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Nobody has an unlimited capacity to help. The fact that you’re spending your capacity on someone like Stallman, rather than, say, indigenous climate activists priced out of the cities where they do their lobbying? Says a lot about the type of behavior you want to see more of.
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I agree -- but instead of using the opportunity to teach Stallman, people went directly into "cancelling" him.
So, how many decades of refusal to learn and continue to cause massive harm would you think to be appropriate? The point of "directly" is long, long over. You are harming his victims when expecting them to do anything other than set the most consequential boundaries they can.
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Even now after experiencing serious consequences there is not the slightest sign of understanding, remorse or change. Why do you advocate to continue letting him get away with harming others due to his position?
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I haven't seen anyone advocate for letting him continue to harm folks.
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Anyone being homeless is bad and a serious flaw in the system. But this is victim blaming and advocating to not set boundaries and consequences upon someone who harms you and others.
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This is a super shitty take, I agree, but it does not advocate letting him harm people.
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It is, because it blames the person who called out the harmful actions. It's just another way to say: "you shouldn't have called out this in that way, look how he's suffering now!" The only alternative to calling out is to let him continue, if you accept a 30y experiment as proof
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If you believe that the only options are: 1. Massive mob destroys an an autistic old man barely surviving. 2. Let him continue writing emails. Then that’s black and white thinking and that’s what fascists do. Progressive people understand nuance and context and don’t harm.
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There was a distinct lack of muck to rake on Stallman so much a main antagonist put forward the "emacs vigin" joke as damning evidence. Someone complained and he removed the sexist joke. This was evidence that Stallman was beyond reform.
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