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[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i'm judging him for his actions, like his history of propositioning female colleagues half his age during work hours to "test" the mattress in his office, which there are tens of reports of.

but, in all honesty, i agree with you. if you read my other post you'll note that i started with that because otherwise discussion tends to stop entirely. the man has no filter and an extremely strong, if peculiar, sense of ethics. this tends to cause him to do creepy things.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

like his history of propositioning female colleagues half his age during work hours to “test” the mattress in his office, which there are tens of reports of.

Do you have a source for this?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago

i did encounter that while searching. it's good that people were not hurt, but it's so weird to see both sides be so fervent on this issue. rms is a strange man, no doubt about it, and only he can vouch for his reasons, but the consequences of his actions are visible to everyone.