The rise of Trusted Computing where users are considered untrusted and perhaps even criminal by default. It will only get worse: playing any kind of media with a browser and OS you dislike.
"Either the user controls the software, or the software controls the users":
We're continuously being told that we need different people to come up with different ideas. Then the same people are unimpressed that people with unconventional ideas are unconventional. SMH.
I'm positive we call them "autists" these days, not "creepy weirdos", just like we don't call low-IQ people "idiots" anymore, even though we did at some point.
It’s also not fair to say that I used it to designate someone who is “just different”. I suspect many folks would call me pretty different, but no one has ever to my knowledge called me a creepy weirdo-slash-asshole because I don’t do creepy assholish things.
Finally … “autist”, really? Being on the autism spectrum does not excuse any and all behavior. There’s a social uphill battle for some folks with autism, yes, but uphill battles are a fact of life.
Compared to "legally blind" or "Type 1 diabetic", it's virtually meaningless, on the level on "a person I don't like" -- quite literally. No, seriously, I don't see how it means anything more than that.
Why do you think it's okay to smear Stallman like this?
And for the people who apparently are supporting this smear, please take a minute to educate yourself: https://stallmansupport.org/