Boy, seems like they put some thought into that one. 🤔

God, I wish that were me…

Y’all are grown folk arguing if it’s ethical to fuck high school students.

I got nothing to say to that.

No one is accusing him of rape. Just saying his view on the whole thing is sketch as fuck.

17 is enough to be a consenting adult in some actual reasonable countries.

…okay.

Fool me once, shame on me! Fool me twice…

My criticism lies only with people who staunchly defend him and/or consider him a good guy / hero.

I am not a lawyer or a judge.

But “early views” nothing. The guy knows where he stands, it’s just that now he knows that being open about those views will get him in trouble.

An actual good take.

Thank you.

As of 2016, there are reports of Stallman changing his views on the matter within the previous few years.[2] However, in 2018 he defended Cody Wilson, who later pled guilty to sex with an underage girl, with Stallman saying that the girl likely had “entirely willing sex with him.” Stallman changed his original post but nevertheless still said it is “normal for adults to be physically attracted to adolescents” and that adults using trafficked children shouldn’t be legally responsible. In 2019, Stallman posted an email to an MIT listserv about the allegation that MIT professor Marvin Minsky raped a 17-year-old girl, and due to public outcry he resigned from both MIT and the Free Software Foundation.

changed his view on that a decade ago

got quieter about his views

That was my neighbor’s defense, too. “It wasn’t rape! She was very clearly coming onto me!” about the 14-year old girl he “”“encountered”“” as a college student.

He very absolutely understands what rape is. He just doesn’t want age to be a factor if she’s “into it”. It’s very very very very very clear where he stands: if she consents, it’s not rape, no matter her age!

discomfort women

Stallman has made many posts sympathizing with efforts to legalize some forms of child pornography. Among other things, they stated that he was “skeptical of the claim that voluntarily [sic] pedophilia harms children”. These comments were defended by his supporters on Slashdot. As of 2016, there are reports of Stallman changing his views on the matter within the previous few years.[2] However, in 2018 he defended Cody Wilson, who later pled guilty to sex with an underage girl, with Stallman saying that the girl likely had “entirely willing sex with him.” Stallman changed his original post but nevertheless still said it is “normal for adults to be physically attracted to adolescents” and that adults using trafficked children shouldn’t be legally responsible. In 2019, Stallman posted an email to an MIT listserv about the allegation that MIT professor Marvin Minsky raped a 17-year-old girl, and due to public outcry he resigned from both MIT and the Free Software Foundation.

Women are just so sensitive!

“I am not a woman, therefore I am not affected by his comments! Conclusion: good guy!” — far too many people in this thread

Dude also has some… “”“interesting”“” opinions on the legalization of CP.

All you gotta do is contribute to FOSS and you’re a hero?

Some of y’all dumb as hell.

The entire infrastructure, comic and all, is obviously all the work of the janitor, who also has to complete their cleaning duties on top of it all.

Be grateful. 🫵

You should scan it and find out then tell us about it.

— me, an actual coward

It’s so much easier to take someone at their word instead of looking into the many interwoven facts and details yourself. In fact, it can take so long fact-checking things these days to combat mis/disinformation that people simply… don’t.

It’s way more laborious to disprove a lie than it is to simply recount a lie.

As a child, I was preyed upon by an adult.

To me, people making content doing this kind of “hunter” shit is vile. The victims are real children, and you’re using them & their pain to fuel your ego and hero complex? For “”“entertainment”“”? And they’re monetizing it?? Disgusting.

If you’re going to be a vigilante, be quiet and anonymous about it. And be absolutely certain about everything that had occurred.

I still wish someone had gone after my abuser, even after all these years. It would have given me peace knowing that they are no longer out there.

I started growing a wildflower garden on huge sections of my stupid lawn and growing big ol’ lilies around the perimeter for two reasons:

1. I didn’t want to mow it
2. People kept walking across it waaaay too close to my front door
3. Keeping people away

Now I have the most lovely spite garden in the neighborhood, plus lots of clover and the greenest and most colorful yard compared to everyone else.

Definitely don’t do it then. You don’t want to be potentially contributing to a system of abuse.

Plus, you don’t know if she’s a victim, underage, a set-up, and/or has something you could catch.

Don’t do something you’ll regret soon after.

Folks be makin’ jokes, but, sadly, animal trafficking is a real problem. Who knows what those poor snakes were going to be used for. It’s tremendously sad.