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Another reason Free Software is important (lemmy.world)
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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Stallman might have autism. Social skills have never really been his forte.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I don’t think that shares a bubble with pedo comments.

    Worked with enough people with autism who weren’t obsessed with pedophila.

    These are two different things.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Lack of understanding social interactions, and lack of ability to understand how others feel in a given situation are marks of autism though.

    My impression is that what people are accusing of being "pedo comments" are more a result of him not really understanding power dynamics between people, and not understanding the lack of judgment that kids and young teens have, to the point of not really understanding that a kid is literally incapable of sexual consent.

    I also heard he walked back a lot of comments after having talked to a psychologist that laid down some hard facts for him regarding the matter of sexuality and the psyche of kids.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    he only walked back after making hard defence of his comments at first. While we can say hey he was struggling with his own disorder: This is the type of undermining on someone’s psyche that so many victims are up against. while it’s good for him to finally come around, There should absolutely be no wiggle room. I’m glad it’s been called out as inappropriate regardless of reason.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    He only walked back after making hard defence of his comments at first.

    That should be reassuring more than anything, in the sense that he came around after being genuinely convinced that he was wrong. There's nothing wrong with defending your position until you're genuinely convinced that you're wrong. I have a much bigger problem with people instantly folding when confronted, but not truly accepting that they were wrong in the first place.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    So…..Your big take away here was defending the mediocre male who is at zero risk over a bumbling opinion .

    Not even inkling of concern of how this impacts the vulnerable underage victims of the case and how these harmful opinions have been debasing them.

    Well at least now we know where you really stand here on which hills you’re willing to die on .

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Wat? Did you reply to the wrong comment or something?

    Defending a mediocre male (...)

    I'm rationalising a persons reaction to a situation by trying to understand how they think.

    Not even an inkling of concern (...)

    I don't see how rationalising one persons train of thought says anything about my personal opinions or concerns about anything?

    Now we know (...) which hills you're willing to die on.

    This is really what confused me the most. What about my comment made you think there was even any hill in the vicinity to die on?

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