A sane take on the #rms, and by extension #fsf, controversy:
https://www.wetheweb.org/post/cancel-we-the-web
Bonus: includes analysis from a former president of the #aclu - Nadine Strossen. If you’re on the fence, or even if you’ve chosen a side in this issue, I recommend the read.
@unl0ckd People like Nadine Strossen still upheld many important liberal principles, it's worth noting that the new generation of ACLU has already degraded into a standard social justice activist organization as it's been taken over by the woke. (https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-ongoing-death-of-free-speech)
The same will happen to the Free Software Movement if we just sit and watch the woke virus infiltrating another object.
@Vectorfield I spent a little while reading up on the topic. Two things strike me:
1. The situation (woke ideology taking over) seems terminal, or at least late-stage. And
2. It seems likely the silent majority is against "wokeness".
Good news: the #FAIR was recently established (early March?) to pick up the flag dropped by the SBCL and ACLU. This organization promotes the values of Fairness, Understanding, and Humanity.
@Vectorfield This is shocking. I can't believe there are people opposed to free speech. I actually, factually, can not believe it.
What makes me angry is that many of these same people claim to be anti-fascists and yet somehow can't comprehend that fascism starts with censorship.