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Perhaps this author is unaware of the number of statements Stallman has made regarding pedophilia on his website over the years [1]. If RMS has changed his point of view, he can go back to those parts of his blog and add an update.

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=pedophile+site%3Astallman.or...

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100% agreed. This is one of the worst examples: https://www.stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html#05%20Jun...

I'm all for freedom of speech, but I don't see how people can defend these kind of opinions he's advocating.

Maybe they agree with him or believe that one should be allowed to hold even controversial opinions, is this too far-fetched?

Yeah. It's not clear to me whether or not RMS still believes these things. He may need time to collect himself. In the mean time, I don't understand blog posts like this one that completely gloss over his past statements which remain the same without further comment.

Well... He updated the link 12 years later (last year) because the original one was broken. So it's pretty much clear he still holds these beliefs.

If he made a statement that he changed his mind, I'd be happy to see it.

https://www.stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html#14_Septe...

and for 2016: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Biograp...

Good to know! I stand corrected.

He has said that he changed his mind.

Are you referring to this brief statement [1]? That does not pass as sincere in my book. Good luck to him in the future, I hope he gets everything sorted.

[1] https://www.stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html#14_Septe...

Good example of how apologizing to a witch hunt just fuels the flames of baseless accusations.

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