[flatb]

> harsh, impolite, unempathetic, creepy or whatever BS they are throwing now at RMS.

He has been accused, by several independent parties, of, among other things:

-Asking female coworkers to lay down topless on a mattress in his office.

-Threatening a colleague to kill himself if he/she didn't go on a date with him.

-Posting up signs in his workplace along the lines of "Knight for Justice (Also: Hot Ladies)".

Do you think that reprieving someone for threatening a colleague to kill yourself if they don't give in to your romantic/sexual advances is "throwing BS"? It's an honest question.

[concordDance]

Can I have a reliable source on the suicide threat? In particular something indicating it was genuine rather than jocular.

[flatb]

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/d59r46/richard...

From someone who worked at MIT.

[concordDance]

I see no dates, names, details or basically anything of substance relating to the suicide threat story. It seems to just be one of those sourceless rumours that get passed around as gospel.

Note in particular that the commentator does not say they saw this or even that someone who saw it told them. You're just hearing a rumour this person heard at MIT.

[hdfbdtbcdg]

I don't see any reliable source there. Are some of those profiles verified? I also didn't see any reference to suicide.