Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "Free Software Is Under Attack! (Will You Help Defend It?)" video.

  1. This report seems to be using strawmans a lot. RMS is definitely on the spectrum and it's no wonder that he fails to communicate with women often. He also fails to communicate with many other people, too. This report simply tries to convert RMS comments about various stuff into claims about sexuality. RMS is pretty clear for the main message: - Use only open source programs even if it would cause huge hinderance for your work. - Do not accept any kind of tracking or searching of personal posessions in any situation. - Do not accept any kind of sensorship. Everything else directly follows form above three points or from autistic behavior and misunderstanding of communication as a result. (And yes, I don't know if RMS has official diagnosis for autism but I would be really surprised if he were considered not to live on spectrum.)
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  2. If the author of the site is indeed Drew DeVault, then it makes me wonder if he or someone close to him has been sexually mistreated and Drew feels that RMS somehow allows this kind of behavior even though RMS hasn't done anything illegal? Reading the non-sexually related stuff that Drew DeVault has written and the code he was written makes me believe that he is really smart but maybe somewhat troubled person. However, the style of the site in this video doesn't match the writing style of Drew DeVault in my opinion. Or at least Drew isn't the only author on that site if I'm correct.
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