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do take note that this is not a call for harassment. it is wrong to read it as such.

the right to spread the knowledge of the harm caused by someone (especially a public figure), so that people can take action in order to protect themselves and others around them, is not harassment. many people who would perpetrate harm would prefer to frame it as such, but it is not.

i do not think people should respond to RMS's harms by harming him in return. he should not be ostracized. he should not receive hate mail. people who are comfortable doing so should continue to have respectful discussions with him.

but i do think that it is appropriate to take steps to limit the harm he can cause - such as ensuring he does not remain as figurehead in the free software movement, wielding an amount of power in his words that i do not think he comprehends that he has.