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flabberghaster wrote

I think a lot of people are just too scared to say anything given the climate. I am usually pretty outspoken about stuff and I barely bring it up at work or in professional settings.

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flabberghaster wrote

Naming my kid Nominative Determinism, seeing how they turn out, and concluding that that must be what it means.

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flabberghaster wrote

I'm so glad to hear things are starting to go better for you. I knew you could do it, and you did.

This, to me, is amazing to hear, truly

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flabberghaster wrote

I love searching the internet for hours looking at things that piss me off and then showing them to my friends who I know will be pissed off at them too.

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flabberghaster wrote

I thought for a second you were advocating we bring back those terrible gritty memes.

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flabberghaster wrote

The worst things about stallman stem from the best thing about stallman.

He is extremely principled. But that doesn't mean what it does to most people. He has an idea, and he follows it to its conclusion. When it comes to software I'm glad someone is there to never compromise on anything, and stick to his guns to an incredibly annoying decree. This is the same reason I have a soft spot for Norman Finkelstein. Not afraid to be so, fucking irritating when he knows he's right and everyone else is falling short. I respect it and I hope that for all my faults, I have the same strength they do for my own convictions.

But he also follows that philosophy of never being gold he's wrong in the workplace harassment realm. Which I do not like.

I don't think it balances out at all. I think he should have his theoretical justifications for saying he thinks necrophilia is OK but he should just keep those things under his hat. However for the same reasons, he is not ever going to.