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Do you think Richard Stallman was "powerful" enough to "easily silence" accusers?
by eej2ya1K 7y ago
Do you think Richard Stallman was "powerful" enough to "easily silence" accusers?
- fesoliveira 7y agoIt's not about what we think, but what people in the receiving end of his advances thought at the time that was happening. Stallman IS a powerful figure in the Free Software movement. The mere fact the people are making blog posts or coming to HN in his defense after what he said, both in the MIT e-mail and in his blog over the years, is evidence enough of that. While it is hard to think that Stallman would go after those who accused him of anything, the guy has a huge enough following that people would be intimidated to make accusations due to the possibility of push back from the community.