From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Huchler Subject: Re: Thoughts on the Joint statement on the GNU Project Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 21:21:01 +0200 Message-ID: <87h849yfvm.fsf@mail.de> References: <20191013214059.47500d2b@posteo.cz> <20191013213106.GA27103@www2.mrbrklyn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: gnu-system-discuss-bounces+gcgs-gnu-system-discuss=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "gnu-system-discuss" To: gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org Cc: help-guix@gnu.org List-Id: help-guix.gnu.org > Selam G is a frantic person who misunderstood my words. Perhaps she > did not know the meaning of the expression, "present oneself as" and > equated it to "be". Her moral fault was being too quick to demonize > and attack. I don't get how that could be true. Because: 1. I didn't hear from that person apologies for her mistake, I also think the site where the non true statements were made is still up. She had plenty of time and probably got plenty of messages from people that noticed her that her statement wasn't true. 2. her hitpeace is written in as far as I remember descent english, and "present oneself as" is no weird saying that foreigners (me included) don't get because it has a hidden meaning or comes from some historical event that only in context makes sense. It's just easy english words you learn in each basic english course. maybe oneself is a bit unusual compound-word but one and self are easy words and I don't see how anybody could misunderstand that without purposfully play dumb. I understand that you gain nothing from attacking them, but America had the McCartyism era and to much people said nothing in the end people landed in Prison and others died. The question is what you could actively do about it, like suing people or something but I would suggest at least not to "white knight" people that tried to destroy you and partially did hurt you. I am sorry if that is pretentious, but a unfair unjust attack with lies against you that forces you to step down from functions and not longer participate in some activities because of that, hurts the free software movement and it's users, too. greetings and thanks for your centuries of great work so far!