There are a few things that Stallman really does not get.
- Power over an individual reduces their ability to consent, and adults have considerable power over teens.
- The discussion about having those teens accessing pornography should be handled separately. It’s simply not the same matter.
- Pornography and nudity are not the same thing.
- No matter how bad witch hunters are, this should not be used as a defence for the alleged target of their witch hunts.
- “Normal” or “natural” are not the same as “should be taken as morally, ethically, or legally acceptable”.
Once you take those things into account, you notice that most of the things that Stallman talks about the topic aren’t just immoral, they’re outright idiotic.
alyaza@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
he’s not particularly relevant at this point, but even this one note (and its retraction) feel like they should put to bed whether or not Richard Stallman should have any influence over anything:
like, bro, what are you doing. beyond being abhorrent, this is the sort of nonsense Reddit used to be infamous for and it made the website fucking rancid. why would anyone want to share a political movement with Stallman when he has to be debated out of positions like “you should not have sexual relations with people under the age of 13.”
thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Yeah it’s a very thorough report and makes it very clear just how little excuse there is for FSF and Stallman’s other defenders to continue to enable and support his behavior. Agreed that he himself isn’t particularly relevant, but his supporters are still very influential in some areas of the open source community.
alyaza@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
hilariously you can see some of the reflexive defense of him over in the FOSS thread of this article. way too many people feel obliged to run defense for this guy and it’s just cringeworthy to watch