[Discuss] RMS in the news

[Derek Martin]

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 06:40:31AM -0400, Jack Bennett wrote:
> I thought it was a mildly funny exchange at the time, but I hadn't
> known of his reputation for singling out women in the audience and
> making them uncomfortable. I wonder if he would have done the same
> call out with a male professor in the same situation.

I've interacted with RMS on a few occasions, and my impression has
always been he would not hesitate to confront anyone, regardness of
any of their identifying characteristics, for any reason he deemed
suitable.  I tend to think this is as it should be, except that his
threshold for when it's OK to confront people needs some rather
heavy-handed tuning.

Despite that I mostly agree with his message, I would characterize
100% of those interactions as negative.  He is coarse sand paper, and
a taste I would prefer not to acquire, much like every other SJW type
I'm aware of having encountered (since such awareness has generally
been imparted via similar behavior).

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