[arp242]

That "hacker HOWTO" is horrible, and infused with ESR's ridiculous political ideas. I can think for myself; I don't need and certainly don't want a document which tells me what I should be like, especially not one written by some guy who is advocating for the literal execution of politicians by armed citizens.

[zozbot234]

> I can think for myself; I don't need and certainly don't want a document which tells me what I should be like

That document is not meant for you; it's meant to give prospective hackers an overview of the field. With respect to politics, the document explicitly says:

> The hacker community has some specific, primarily defensive political interests — two of them are defending free-speech rights and fending off "intellectual-property" power grabs that would make open source illegal. Some of those long-term projects are civil-liberties organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the outward attitude properly includes support of them. But beyond that, most hackers view attempts to systematize the hacker attitude into an explicit political program with suspicion; we've learned, the hard way, that these attempts are divisive and distracting. If someone tries to recruit you to march on your capitol in the name of the hacker attitude, they've missed the point. The right response is probably “Shut up and show them the code.”

(emphasis has been added for ease of reference)

[arp242]

That's even worse; hijacking a community to indoctrinate people on how they Ought To be™.

[CRConrad]

While I largely agree with you on ESR as of nowadays, in his / its defense:

1) That was written before he got quite as alt-right-radicalised as he is now; and

2) It is not all by himself but mostly crowd-sourced.

[Dah00n]

But are you a hacker or just trying to stir up the pot?