[lostjohnny]

> Being judged and vilified by people who don't know you is what happens to public figures

Nope.

I don't judge and vilify people that I don't know, I judge their opinions.

In this case Stallman's opinion were completely rational, he's been judged for who he is and his past, by people that didn't know him super charged by people who knew him and held a grudge against him.

It's called character assassination.

Or mob.

> If your behavior brings disrepute on the organizations you represent

Is the FSF stops bringing dispute, it becomes useless.

If FSF doesn't challenge the status quo or what's considered taboo, what is it good for?

It's not a marketing agency that need people to buy the product even if the product sucks, it's a no profit org that needs people believing in the cause, especially when it's hard.

[dang]

We've banned this account for using HN primarily for political and ideological battle. That is against the site guidelines and destroys the curiosity that this site exists for, regardless of what you're fighting for or against.

Please don't create accounts to break HN's guidelines with.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[lostjohnny]

> We've banned this account for using HN primarily for political and ideological battle

WHAT?

FSF means Free Software Foundation, Free as in Free speech, IT IS POLITICAL!

What the heck are you talking about?

[dang]

I'm talking about your account history. It's against the site guidelines to use HN primarily for posting in political and ideological arguments. Would you please re-read them and not create accounts to break them with?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html