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1. xlayn · 1789667839 · focus · HN ↗

   Every time "these type of people" are dismissed as lunatics, as extremist and alarmist, time comes back to prove they were right.

   I frankly dismissed the idea of "a group of extremely powerful and rich pedos" under a pizza store... and yes there were none under any pizza store.

   1. zrail · 1789670475 · focus · HN ↗

      From the accounts I've read, RMS is a deeply unpleasant and problematic person.

      Doesn't mean he's wrong.

      1. blagie · 1789671724 · focus · HN ↗

         He's deeply problematic in the same way as someone with autism, Tourette syndrome, echolalia, or OCD are problematic.

         He's not neurotypical.

         Once you deal with it, he stops being problematic.

         And the striking thing is Cassandra syndrome: Virtually everything he has said:

         a) Proves right, decades later

         b) Sounds crazy to most people, at the time

         1. zrail · 1789673126 · focus · HN ↗

            Disagree. RMS has unapologetically crossed some pretty bright societal lines. Being neurospicy doesn't absolve him of any of that.

            (also I don't think Tourette's is fair to include in that set but whatever)

            1. blagie · 1789732945 · focus · HN ↗

               Someone with coprolalia will clearly cross some pretty bright societal lines too.

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