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0 pointsryan_lane6y ago0 comments

Find a few women who've met RMS and ask them about their experience. For years I've been hearing stories from women about RMS that paint a pretty clear picture, and if you look on twitter, there's a number of threads about his abusive behavior towards women. One example: people kept plants around because he hates plants and that made it less likely he'd come around to harass them.

He's discussed his views on pedophilia for a very long time, and this was just the latest on that. It's finally the last straw that was able to bring enough attention on him for action to be taken. It should have been taken decades ago.

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stevenjohns6y ago

> He's discussed his views on pedophilia for a very long time, and this was just the latest on that

Yes, he has.

This is his view as of Friday[0]:

> Many years ago I posted that I could not see anything wrong about sex between an adult and a child, if the child accepted it.

> Through personal conversations in recent years, I've learned to understand how sex with a child can harm per psychologically. This changed my mind about the matter: I think adults should not do that. I am grateful for the conversations that enabled me to understand why.

Can you help me understand what's wrong with that view?

[0] https://stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html#14_September...

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robocat6y ago

> One example: people kept plants around because he hates plants and that made it less likely he'd come around to harass them.

Try and find a primary source for that "fact". You are just repeating black rumours, which signals that you have no credibility.

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mikegioia6y ago

Everything you said is conjecture. This is one of the most baseless and accusatory comments I've read here. It's so low effort and it's immediately transparent that you just don't like the guy.

grubsteak6y ago

> Hates plants?

From what I read, he loved to stick them up his nose in front of people. I believe he admits to it on his website.

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