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@mischievoustomato @icedquinn @thegreatape I don't care how long ago it was, but it's sickening how normalized it is to gloss over an autists' longwinded blogpost defending child rape. If it wasn't for him retracting it back in 2019, people would still be defending him because of "cancer", or because of his undeniable contributions to the free software movement. On the surface, people here talk mad game about wanting to kill nonces but don't bring the same energy once it's their favorite RMS. I'm not surprised in the least, but it's still disgusting.

When I was 14/15 I was still a fan, as a grown woman I'm extremely disappointed in him since learning of these posts and the free software movement as a whole, but that's just a small window inside the sexism, misogyny, and double standards in the tech community towards women as a whole. I was mistreated and treated horribly by a handful of racist or sexist professors in undergrad as well. I've only had one female professor, I am not lying and I don't care if anyone believes me.

I also do recognize that it wasn't always like this and that women dominated computing prior to WWII, but the scientific community has also downplayed women's contributions and work (Rosalind Franklin for example). Even in the USSR, doctors were paid less when women dominated the field. This shit in programming is just an extension of the many ways it is a man's world.