On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 10:54:25AM -0400, David Malcolm wrote:
I think it's important to distinguish between the figurative and
literal here.
No one is literally calling for anyone's head.
Nobody has explicitly done so. However in the last 2 or 3 years there
has been a growing campaign of hatred. The people feeding that
campaign are unhappy with things that RMS and others have said.
However they have taken it further than that. These people seek
eliminate *anyone* who holds certain opinions - they don't care how
they get eliminated - so long as they go. What's more, they cite
numerous putative moralistic justifications to give an air of
legitmacy to that hatred.
Once such hatefulness becomes accepted, people DON'T any longer make that
literal--figurative distinction.
Some of us don't want RMS in a leadership position in a project we're
associated with (be it the FSF or GNU, and thus, GCC).
RMS was the first person to be involved in GNU and GCC. Others became
involved later (under his leadership). Their contribution was and
continues to be welcome. They are also free to stop contributing any
time they wish to do so.
My opinions, not my employer's, as usual.
Then why do you write this from your employer's email? That is like
writing it on the company letterhead. I suggest that when speaking
for yourself you use your own email.
J'
