Twitter at the speed of parenting
Let's see - who's on the @fsf board of directors? Could we count on them to do the right thing?
Ok, first name on the list is Gerald J. Sussman....oh.https://twitter.com/H0tdish/status/1166445162681249792?s=20 …
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Once more for the folks in the back: “FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IS NOT WORTH MORE THAN ACTUAL WOMEN AND GIRLS”https://twitter.com/mandylibrary/status/1172308206917308419 …
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For the record: I give zero fucks about Stallman’s gross personal habits. I save all my fucks for the way he systematically and consistently acts to push women, girls, disabled people, and other folks from marginalized groups OUT of software.
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We shouldn’t
#cancelstallman because his ideas are abhorrent. We should do it because he has acted in abhorrent ways, deliberately & consistently, over 30 years, despite repeated feedback, & because in so doing he’s pushed countless women, girls, & others out of software.Show this thread -
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Updates: Stallman posted what might be the worst non-apology I’ve ever read (and I’ve read a LOT of non-apologies). https://twitter.com/theamyshim/status/1172946689553887232 … The
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Note what this apology includes: - a laser-like focus on his OWN experience of the incident - am attempt to shift blame to the media for “mischaracterizing” his words Note also what it does NOT include: - NO regret for having made the comments - NO plan to do better next time
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- NO empathy for the primary victims: people who were upset when they read the actual email - NO hint, even, of awareness of those folks, despite one of them having written the medium post that kicked this all off
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This is exactly the sort of bullshit he’s gotten away with for 30 years. NOT THIS TIME.
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Stallman has resigned from MIT, still claiming it was due to a “misunderstanding” Dude, we understand you JUST fine. That’s the problem.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbm74x/computer-scientist-richard-stallman-resigns-from-mit-over-epstein-comments …
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I started this thread four days ago. The silence of the
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Aaaaaaand seven minutes after I posted this, an official communique!https://twitter.com/fsf/status/1173780935910797312?s=21 …
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I want to take this moment to appreciate Selam Jie Gano, the MIT grad who wrote the medium post that set all this off. https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-fec6ec210794 … Thanks for your courage, Selam. It gave me the push I needed to get this going.
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We also owe an immense debt to all the people who’ve called this out since the 80s, usually in the face of individual and organizational indifference (or even hostility). I see you. You set this up, it was just for us to push over the finish line. Thank you
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Well, it's also not like we can't have those things without RMS - he did what he needed to do, long ago. It's perfectly possible to simultaneously recognise his contribution, but also recognise that he is problematic in ways that mean he needs to be excluded from the now.
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.. But equally, even if he were doing important things now, we'd still have to take that approach. It's not really any different than when an engineer behaves that way in the workplace - it's not something to be quietly tolerated
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Thank you for speaking up Sarah.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Maybe something we both love about
#FOSS is that it is explicitly based on ethical principals. Software freedom is important and good. Actual women and girls are even more important.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Wait RMS is a pedo now? I missed some years I think
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That's apparently been true for a bunch of years, just didn't make the rounds as much? I can see something from '06! https://stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html#05%20June%202006%20(Dutch%20paedophiles%20form%20political%20party) …
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And that, Gergo, is an understatement.
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