On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 3:19 PM Alexandre Oliva <[1][email protected]>
wrote:
On Apr 15, 2021, Jean Louis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Alexandre Oliva, have you been on many Libreplanet videos, that
you
> can confirm how RMS yelled on public speakers and if that is so,
can
> we know which video is it?
I recall witnessing him run to the microphone more than once to
interact
with speakers at LibrePlanet and elsewhere, and his speaking without
yelling in those occasions.
That is not supposed to mean that the reported incident hasn't
happened,
just that, if it did happen, I wasn't there. I believe that if I
had
witnessed it, I'd remember.
I’ve shared the story before, but at Libre Planet 2018 RMS began
yelling angrily from his seat in the back of the auditorium, a few
seats away from me and a now-former FSF staff member, and then rushed
the stage to grab the mic and berate the speaker who was airing very
reasonable and rational (not emotional!) ideas for building the free
software movement.
For me, that outburst spoke volumes about how many people in free
software refuse to acknowledge flaws, shortcomings, or even obstacles
that the speaker had laid out.
To be honest, I found the whole outburst— and the audience’s quiet
seeming to condone the outburst — all very depressing.
--
Alexandre Oliva, happy hacker [2]https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/
Free Software Activist GNU Toolchain Engineer
Vim, Vi, Voltei pro Emacs -- GNUlius Caesar
References
1. mailto:[email protected]
2. https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/
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