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by d_tr 1897 days ago
> He's actively covering up Epstein's crimes.

As Andrew_nenakhov said, you can repeat this all you want. Specifically this is the most ridiculous accusation which has been debunked to death. You might want to try going over the actual facts again.

> All it does is taint the movement.

If the perception of a "taint" is based on lies spread by a bunch of idiots on Twitter and some "journalists", this is not Stallman's fault. As for "the movement" itself, Stallman is a thought leader and an uncompromising idealist who left MIT to pursue it. He is the kind of person people like Eben Moglen [1] considered a giant. Stallman's statement speaks volumes about his character.

Unless the damage and the harm inflicted upon him by the mob and the lies is fully repaired, I do not care about whatever actually valid reason someone might have to get him to step down.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKxzK9xtSXM

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How is it "debunked", when Stallman just published his post saying that Minsky is falsely accused? You can go read it for yourself.

Stallman only harms any movement he's involved in. He's best left a footnote in history. He's not someone to build a movement behind.