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I agree. His points are usually very strong and he has led me to changing my opinions more than any other single individual.

But his way of communicating often leads to an initial impulse to dismiss what he is saying outright, much like I would dismiss a Microsoft criticism which referred to the company as M$ or an Apple criticism that kept calling it crApple.

I have a lot of respect for Stallman but I have to agree with you on this. It is very annoying and I think it creates barriers to the message he is trying to send.

Even if his points were valid, I feel that life is just too short to be a stallmanite.