Zed A. Shaw, Painter

That's still no reason to be cruel or inhumane to him. Nobody deserves to be homeless.

Where are you getting “homeless” from that blog post? I’m getting “my current roommate is sick of me.” His list of must-haves does not suggest desperation.

As someone who was actually homeless the concept doesn’t require sleeping on the street. It starts with just suddenly needing a new place to live, and then can get much worse if not assisted quickly.

Finding affordable, safe housing is difficult, as well as emotionally fraught. But countless people in the world face this problem right now. Why help this one, especially when you are so well aware of how he has denigrated, belittled, & pushed women out of tech for decades?

Because I’m not a fascist who thinks everyone I disagree with deserves to suffer. I can disagree with someone and also think it’s wrong they’re homeless or suffering. If only people who agree with your politics deserve housing then you’re going to exclude most homeless from help

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.

You can always find another group that's more downtrodden than the person or group of people you're helping now, that's not a reason to stop helping whoever you're currently helping.

I’m not arguing for seeking the most worthy person to help. My criticism is much narrower.