> ...because one of the letters against Stallman stopped accepting signatures at three thousand people, but the "pro" Stallman letter never did.

It was always a hunch, but I suspected that part of the reason they stopped is that they reached a plateau, while the open letter was continuing to rise in popularity.

https://linuxreviews.org/Grass-roots_Richard_Stallman_Suppor...

Regarding the other accusations, my understanding is that they are unfounded or intentional misrepresentations

https://stallmansupport.org/debunking-false-accusations-agai...

I have personally communicated with RMS, even privately, and see a discrepancy between the way he is portrayed and the way he behaves on a regular basis. Of course, I might have just caught his good and kind side, who knows? Either way, my impression remains that those who see him as bad want to see him as bad.