• Midnitte@beehaw.org
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    1 month ago

    Mere possession of child pornography should not be a crime at all. To prosecute people for possessing something published, no matter what it may be, is a big threat to human rights. – stallman.org, 5 June 2017 “Possession of child porn”

    I’ll honestly be surprised if he doesn’t end up being revealed to be in possession of CSAM.

    • Whom@beehaw.org
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      1 month ago

      Entirely possible but he’s also a stubborn man obsessed with his own ideological consistency and absurdly precise (if not commonly understood) language. He’s clearly a creep but having kept up with him over the years I think it’s similarly possible that those statements aren’t self-serving and are instead sincerely held dominoes 15 down the line from following the implications of some core principles.

      That doesn’t make them not disgusting and also does not mean he should remain the voice of our movement, of course.