Alright, I'll respond to this:
Richard Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has been subject to numerous allegations of misconduct.
Drew Chadwick DeVault, the founder of SourceHut, is soon about to find out how he has also been subject to numerous allegations of misconduct.
He stepped down in 2019, and following his re-instatement in 2021, a famous
open letter was published in which numerous organizations and individuals from throughout the Free Software ecosystem called for his removal from the Free Software Foundation.
It helps that he founded it.
Content warning: This article discusses sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and all of the above with respect to minors, as well as the systemic normalization of abuse, and directly quotes statements which participate in the normalization of abuse.
Remember when Drew was talking about child sex change operations in the Hyprland GitHub discussions? Kiwi Farms remembers:
The failure of the Free Software community to account for Richard Stallman’s behavior has a chilling effect. The norms set by our leadership influence the norms of our broader community, and many members of the Free Software community look to Stallman as a ideological and political leader.
The Free Software movement has a leader wholly dedicated to the cause.
The norms Stallman endorses are harmful and deeply confronting and alienating to many people, in particular women and children. Should these norms be adopted by our movement, we risk creating a community which enables the exploitation of vulnerable people.
I think the women care more about the men skinwalking as them, and children won't care. The community is mostly men who agree with him. Furthermore, the only exploitation of vulnerable people I see anywhere near here is the exploitation of
open source programmers by corporations, but I suppose this is too relevant.
Stallman’s doubling-down here is consistent with the supposition that Stallman maintains the view that minors can have sexual relationships with adults of any age, provided that they aren’t “children” – in other words, provided they’re at least 13 or 14 years old.
Again, Drew Chadwick DeVault supports the chemical castration and mutilation of children.
Jesus Christ, most of this article is bland picking apart of Stallman's words, without even much commentary.
Stallman has also sought to normalize adult attraction to minors, literally describing it as “normal” in September 2018:
Gee, don't be a bigot, Drew, that position will be mainstream soon enough.
Stallman appears to have little to no understanding of the role of power dynamics in sexual harassment, assault, and rape.
Drew Chadwick DeVault appears to have little to no understanding of the role of power dynamics in sexual harassment, grooming, and induction into a cult.
This is most obviously evidenced by his statements regarding the sexual abuse of minors; most people understand that minors cannot consent to sex even if they “appear willing”, in particular because an adult in this situation is exploiting a difference in experience and maturity to manipulate the child into sexually satisfying them – in other words, a power differential.
Need I continue to draw comparisons?
At these events, in these private homes, he may be afforded many opportunities to privacy with vulnerable people, including minors that, in his view, can consent to having sex with adults.
Fuck off, Drew.
The open letter calling for Stallman’s removal received 3,000 signatures; the counter-letter in support of Stallman received 6,876 before it stopped accepting submissions.
Yeah, and I signed the counter-letter. For some reason, democracy doesn't matter here. It has to do with more of those wrong opinions.
However, one’s political qualifications to speak about free software does not make one qualified to address matters of sex; in this respect Stallman’s persistence presents as dangerous incompetence.
He's not called to speak on anything except Free Software.
When we analyze the dangerous patterns in this discourse, we have to conclude that he is not fit for purpose in his leadership role, and we must acknowledge the shadow that our legitimization of his discourse casts on our community.
I'd like Drew to cast a shadow, on his floor, hanging from the ceiling.