I have no way to confirm the accuracy of the accusations, or any missing context, but here are some sources of specifics in random order https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/EMACS_virgins_joke https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3087673 https://fossforce.com/2019/09/yesterdays-man-the-fall-of-richard-stallman/ https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/994356331749429248 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8yqj6/stallman_continues_to_embarrass_us_all/
Mary-Anne > On September 24, 2019 at 12:03 PM 'smee via libreplanet-discuss > <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> wrote: > > > Please answer my other questions if you insist there are real people > who have had a bad experience with a particular project because of > their sex or sexual orientation. Specifics shouldn't be hard to come up > with given the strength of your assertion. Please give specifics. Or > address any one of my other points instead of setting up a strawman and > knocking it down. > > On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 11:55 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:46 AM 'smee <overthefa...@opengroupware.ch > > > wrote: > > > Quote from you: > > > "The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real > > > women > > > who > > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > > > sexist > > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* > > > be > > > heard." > > > > > > > > > Please give examples giving details of how these people were > > > 'rebuffed'. What exactly were they trying to do when they were > > > rebuffed? > > > > > > Serious question. Were they submitting code? Were they doing QA > > > work? > > > Which project rebuffed them and what was the reason given? > > > > > > I think most projects (especially those conscientious enough to be > > > in > > > the free software movement) would be happy to have contributions > > > from > > > anyone and don't go out of their way to even find out the sex of > > > contributors, much less 'rebuff' them for being a particular sex. > > > And, the funny thing is, these contributors could fork the code, > > > call > > > out the sexism, and basically take over the code of any project > > > they > > > were interested in. Anyone in free software knows this, it gives a > > > peaceful solution to these type of situations. > > > > > > Why attack the FSF and RMS? > > > > I have not attacked the FSF. > > > > > Epstein is the horrible piece of trash (as well as all of his > > > associates) that committed the worst atrocities we've heard of > > > recently > > > against women. > > > > > > Let's not take attention away from that fact or the fact that he is > > > likely still alive, and that Ghislaine Maxwell is still free and, > > > seemingly won't ever be charged or even approached about this. She > > > is > > > trash and shouldn't be allowed to show her face anywhere in the > > > world > > > again for being his accomplice. > > > > > > Let's keep the spotlight where it belongs (epstein, maxwell, > > > everyone > > > including judges and politicians who helped him) when it comes to > > > all > > > the things you're accusing RMS of. Those are the real animals. I'm > > > starting to think this whole thing is a distraction from those > > > pieces > > > of garbage. What do you think people? Don't forget EPSTEIN and > > > MAXWELL > > > should continue to be the focus until that thing is actually > > > resolved. > > > > > > @ Deb Nicholson, I have a number of questions above, if you insist > > > on > > > your assertion, then provide what I've requested please. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 09:13 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > > The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real > > > women > > > > who > > > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > > > > sexist > > > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might > > > *finally* be > > > > heard. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss