[illright]

It's a good thing I found his personal statement about this report before I found the report itself — https://drewdevault.com/blog/Addressing-harassment/

Having read both now, I'm willing to take him at his word and accept his apology for the heinous things he has said in the past. I encourage people to read his statement to get a perspective for both sides and make up their mind

That said, I still find the original comment I responded to inappropriate, I believe it derails a genuine conversation about how we treat problematic people with mental illnesses

[nixon_why69]

But it's in the context of him compiling a dossier to hang Stallman for things he said in the past, without giving Stallman any sort of grace for being clearly neurodivergent.

I wouldn't hang someone for old ill-advised reddit comments and I wouldn't hang Stallman for being weird. I certainly wouldn't do it and then write a blog post about kindness to these poor souls.