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by RcouF1uZ4gsC 2434 days ago
> If you have views that disgust the mob, you're going to end up like RMS.

Reading through those posts, is there any group in America that wouldn’t be angered by at least one of those posts?

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I can think of a few: free speech advocates, libertarians, and long-time RMS supporters.

The thing I feel bad about with RMS is that he's clearly not able to read the room, which used to be considered quirky at best and unpleasant at worst, but now he finds himself unable to function at all in a society that he doesn't understand.

Most of the stuff he's saying would have been fringe in the 90s, but now it's unacceptable and worthy of exile.