No, I'd much rather see the FSF's core principles defended and expressed better than see them "tackle inclusivity issues". Wasting time, resources and breath on this kind of thing is the problem.
In their zeal to defend Stallman from both fabricated and legitimate complaints the FSF seems to be cultivating a smaller but more fanatical audience. This may make it harder for them to achieve their mission.
RMS has been directly responsible for scaring away people from the core mission of the FSF. Not just because of what other people have mentioned, but because he directly insults and threatens other individuals when he doesn't get his way. He's been doing this for decades now [1], long before anyone can claim the current furor is because of 'cancel culture' or whatever. And the end result is a more and more irrelevant FSF.
[1] https://news.slashdot.org/story/12/12/23/1945248/gnu-grep-an...
Given the last attempts to remove Stallman, I'm confident that he isn't alone in OSS having these traits.
And so the FSF becomes more irrelevant because they're more interested in the cult of personality rather than the actual principals of free software.
Edit: First commit of the rms-open-letter is by Molly de Blanc. TIL she is an ethics moralist like Coraline Ada Ehmke, which paints the whole RMS controversy in a new light.
And I hope you realize the deep irony in you complaining about character assassination while you set out to do the same thing to try and prove an irrelevant point.
> Richard M. Stallman, frequently known as RMS, has been a dangerous force in the free software community for a long time. He has shown himself to be misogynist, ableist, and transphobic, among other serious accusations of impropriety.
I think if someone wrote it themselves as a comment here on HN it would constitute flaming and would get flagged.
Why are you supporting and repeating such vile accusations that have repeatedly been debunked by people that actually worked with Stallman?
https://whoisylvia.medium.com/richard-stallman-has-been-vili...
https://meribold.org/2021/04/07/critique-of-rms-open-letter/
Yes, I get it - he's weird. So what?!
Why do you spread this nonsensical rumors?
The link you posted doesn't even reference whatever behavior your vilely imply - instead is all about "technical and administrative disagreements".
If the FSF has a bad reputation, it's because of people like you spreading FUD about Richard Stallman's behavior and person.
Why don't you stop with this crap and just take RMS as the kind and flawed human being he is?