• Hyperreality
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    -21 year ago

    He’s the guy who defended paedophilia and basically admitted to being attracted to adolescents, isn’t he?

    Fuck that guy.

    • @grue
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      61 year ago

      No, he did no such thing. You’ve fallen for lies told by people engaging in character assassination.

      • Hyperreality
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        11 year ago

        In September 2006, Stallman wrote, “I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily [sic] pedophilia harms children. The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on cases which aren’t voluntary, which are then stretched by parents who are horrified by the idea that their little baby is maturing.” … In September 2018, Stallman again attracted controversy when he wrote on his website, “However, it is normal for adults to be physically attracted to adolescents”, in a defense of convicted sex offender Cody Wilson. … In the thread, discussion had turned to deceased MIT professor Marvin Minsky, who was named by Virginia Giuffre as one of the people that Epstein had directed her to have sex with. Giuffre, a minor at the time, had been caught in Epstein’s underage sex trafficking ring. In response to a comment where one reply stated that Minsky “is accused of assaulting one of Epstein’s victims”, Stallman questioned whether the word “assault” was applicable in that case, arguing that “the most plausible scenario is that she presented herself to him as entirely willing.” …

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman#Controversies