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by torthrowaway998 1898 days ago
>the "emacs virgin" thing

He stopped doing it once people told him that it made others uncomfortable.

>being a creep ('tender embraces')

In the business cards that he gave out to people of any gender. This is not really a creepy thing to do.

>being abusive (https://twitter.com/migueldeicaza/status/1174044770546659329)

Miguel de Icaza is not a trustworthy person, especially due to the way that he betrayed the community. I am curious though, did he just sat there being passive-aggressive or did he tell rms to leave? Since nobody seems to have asked him about what actually happened I am going to.

>https://twitter.com/mattblaze/status/1374460763910201350

I will also ask him about this because I am curious.

>being a jerk ("These birth announcements also spread the myth that having a baby is something to be proud of"),

Does not seem like a jerk thing to do.

>This isn't a 'oh, he said one thing one time about one person' situation, this is instead a lifetime of behavior that for anybody else would have had consequences long ago.

It would be great if the ones organizing harassment campaigns against him also agreed with you. So far they have been focusing on spreading lies about him (such as about epstein, the mattress, or his opinions) rather than actual repeated abuse by him after people expressed their dislike for it.