I'm sad they got Stallman. It was only a matter of time, though.
The guy is very famous for his black & white thinking and ascribing a lot of importance to using the correct word to convey a specific meaning. Gone from a lot of his thinking is intent and emotion behind word choices, which is part of the reason as to why he comes off as a creep to a lot of women. (Lack of emotional empathy + high sex drive = creepiness + a couple of balancing constants.)
As someone who is also somewhat neuroatypical it's only a matter of time before I use the wrong word or misread a signal and then 'they' will come for me, too - to hang my job and my positions as a trophy on the wall in some imaginary struggle against Patriarchy, or something. Hell if I know. The difference is that I'm not planning to roll over and "wish there was some way to fix the misunderstanding."
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