No, I don't think RMS at least would disagree.
There's been binary blobs included in the kernel since 1996. Hence linux-libre. The whole system could be compromised by any such blob.
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No, those blobs are just firmware uploaded to various devices. Perhaps they can compromise the system (same as any other firmware), but they're not part of Linux.
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I guess technically as of 4.14 the proprietary parts are of a different project, but mainline Linux kernel in the majority distros (and for much of history) included lots of blobs
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