Stallman did not defend Epstein. This is clickbait that misquotes him.
"Presented as entirely willing [to Minsky, a person who is not Epstein]" is not the same thing as saying "Epstein's victims were entirely willing."
"Presented as entirely willing [to Minsky, a person who is not Epstein]" is not the same thing as saying "Epstein's victims were entirely willing."
Further, the articles presents much more damning, direct evidence. Ex:
> A deep dive into [Stallman's] writings shows this isn’t the first time Stallman has expressed such questionable views, however. He has written dozens of posts on his personal website in favor of legalizing pedophilia and child pornography for more than 15 years.
The gist of the headline is accurate: Stallman defended Epstein's behavior and went further to argue against laws protecting children from sexual abuse.
"We know that Giuffre was being coerced into sex...". What he's disputing is whether Marvin Minsky knew she was being coerced. There's also some usual RMS verbiage about how age o consent laws are arbitrary (which I don't think he's necessarily wrong about, it's just not a tactful thing to bring up)
He absolutely did not. He speculated that Minsky believed she was willing, while she was in fact being coerced by Epstein. If true, that's a substantial difference.