[krapp]

The free software movement is only militant to a degree. They're not the Black Panthers or the Weather Underground. They're not going to destroy proprietary software by mailing nail bombs to Microsoft or beheading Larry Ellison on video. The war they're fighting is a war of ideas and their ammunition is argument. Having as your figurehead a man who doesn't shower, eats his own skin tags, constantly creeps women out and has, let's say, "controversial" views makes the free software movement look ridiculous, hurts recruiting, and gives ammunition to the enemy.

I would ask you to consider the possibility that one can be an idealist about free software, even a militant extremist, while not being a viscerally offensive human being. You're trying to ascribe nobility and necessity to traits in Richard Stallman which bring no benefits to the cause free software, and which often work to its detriment. And a truly militant organization would recognize when their leader has become a hindrance to the cause and put them out to pasture.