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0 pointseecc6y ago0 comments

Nope... people will not agree and call you out, drumming up outrage until you resign or get kicked out.

From what I’ve read about the Cultural Revolution and Jaquereies, what’s going on looks pretty much the same mob pattern.

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sgammon6y ago

I think the idea is, let’s not revere or put in power people who do/say/espouse these kinds of views

Stallman is a legend, which means he has a great distance to fall. His point was lost in the fray. I wish he could’ve just kept it to a private conversation with a friend.

Obviously no child can consent to being pimped, for money or otherwise.

enriquto6y ago

> I wish he could’ve just kept it to a private conversation with a friend.

It was actually a private conversation.

kelnos6y ago

A large university department mailing list is hardly a private conversation. One of the participants in that conversation even referenced the thread inevitably being sent to the press.

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