Odious ideas are not entitled to hide from criticism behind the human shield of their believers’ feelings. — Richard Stallman https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman …pic.twitter.com/sYK5BZkRX9
Despite that quote, RMS is unfortunately a man with very little regard for other people's feelings: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_Stallman … This thread by @sarahmei talks about how his behaviour has prevented women from contributing to open source software:https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/994015603705856000 …
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"I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good." -- Seneca
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Indeed, and perhaps all the better that the line exposes and reflects on the author, and vice versa. — I support neither toxicity nor disrespectfulness nor false courtesy where dispassionate objectivity is sacrificed.
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