Indeed. Its not like he has decided to keep these opinions to himself. He has emailed a work mailing-list to spout this rubbish.

If I had posted this to my work mailing-list: https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-fec6ec21... then I'd have been bollocked. If I had a history of posting politics defending something that is pretty indefensible (especially in a role where I would be in loco parentis for minors)

I would have limited sympathy if this was expressed privately[1], but its not, its broadcast to all and sundry.

[1] but his position is frankly wrong. Its a big ask to justify sexual slavery.

>This has nothing to do with 'SJWs'

>I think it's much more likely you're clinging to buzzwords.

The ESR's article[1] you are referencing is so much more than just headline. I encourage you to read it, and try to re-construct the events, the thoughts, and the emotions that led ESR to post a piece that explosive. The comment section alone spans some 760 responses over four years, with people chipping in with their observations from the trenches and with their shattered dreams. While writing, ESR was in communication with several victims of then-recent social media mobs, and conveyed their woes.

The two bits of article that stood out to me:

  >The hacker culture’s norm about inclusion is clear:
  >anybody who can pull the freight is welcome

and

  >We must (...)
  >learn to recognize their thought-stopping jargon and kafkatraps

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[1] "Why Hackers Must Eject the SJWs", http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6918

But his argument wasn't 'statutory rape isn't bad,' his argument was 'statutory rape isn't always assault, and saying it is unnecessarily widens the definition of assault.' The widespread, seemingly willful misinterpretation of his statements does make it a SJW witch-hunt imo.