Yes, rms was always correct. Freedom must never take a backseat to convenience or this is how it ends.

Don’t forget “imitate”. HN comments are often indistinguishable from rms screeds, in sentiment, misogyny, and agenda, and political extremism.

> So, the guy that HN loves to mock and poke fun at - Richard Stallman - was utterly correct after all.

Yes, he was correct indeed.

But the fact that the message was broadcasted by a dude rocking the personality of a psychotic 4 year old and the general looks of ... let's not go there ... basically prevented everyone with a normal outlook on life to pay attention.

There's this famous chapter of the Little Prince that depicts this exactly, "asteroid B-612" :

https://www.patternrecognition.asia/jin/prince/english/lpe04...