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@drewdevault@fosstodon.org Power dynamics can erode consent, but they don't have to if the power dynamic does not get abused.

I agree that is a reason that for example teacher/student relationships are heavily looked down upon in society, because in most cases there is some form of abuse. But not always, a very small percentage teacher/student relationships are consentual healthy relationships.

So what I think is happening here is that Stallman is really counting on this "but not always" notion for all these heavily suspicious situations, that ordinary people would already have taken a conclusion from.

Stallman really believes in "innocent until proven guilty" and dislikes making any assumptions until there is very clear and conclusive evidence that some sort of crime got committed. And of top of that he's probably someone who's harder to convince than a criminal court judge, which does not do his statements any favors.