Your article is getting around a bit on Mastodon. I was not previously aware that RMS was harassing people, or that the core community consisted of so many people who would respond to this stuff by arguing f-ing semantics. (What do these people do when they see a car accident? Argue about the origin of the term "ambulance?")
Thanks for getting the word out. Thanks for suggesting we do better than swapping one jerk* for another.
Your community is already splintered. (Not *just* yours, it's everywhere). I don't know what precisely works for your situation, but for whatever you consider a "meaningful effort": Do that.
There are already too many people willing to fight for the right to be jerks. The rest of us are going to have to learn how to step up for one another. We're going to have to get comfortable with the fact that some people think harassment and abusive behavior is justifiable. We have to remember that we don't *want* people like that to like us. Let them make up their own bed.
Step on up
Your article is getting around a bit on Mastodon. I was not previously aware that RMS was harassing people, or that the core community consisted of so many people who would respond to this stuff by arguing f-ing semantics. (What do these people do when they see a car accident? Argue about the origin of the term "ambulance?")
Thanks for getting the word out.
Thanks for suggesting we do better than swapping one jerk* for another.
Your community is already splintered. (Not *just* yours, it's everywhere). I don't know what precisely works for your situation, but for whatever you consider a "meaningful effort": Do that.
There are already too many people willing to fight for the right to be jerks. The rest of us are going to have to learn how to step up for one another. We're going to have to get comfortable with the fact that some people think harassment and abusive behavior is justifiable. We have to remember that we don't *want* people like that to like us. Let them make up their own bed.
Keep trying your best, it matters.
* That *was* the nicest way I could put it.