Re: Is Stallman nuts? - Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss

From: Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>
To: "Adrienne G. Thompson" <adriennegayethompson@gmail.com>
Cc: quiliro@riseup.net, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>,
	libreplanet-discuss <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>
Subject: Re: Is Stallman nuts?
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 01:59:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190918015947.1d921fea1f11381276f2e1d6@minifree.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACvtE5F==2h45xphPDJfZe9tDXR+pks2hXnqkt6mw0sLP3bSQQ@mail.gmail.com>

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meritocracy is silly in terms of advancing equality, because it
implies an equal playing field - nothing is further from the truth

women (and LGBT people, and black people etc) are routinely
descriminated against, and less likely to get involved in tech.

we need to spend more effort bringing such people into the movement.
since you know, they actually form at least half the planet and have
the same intelligence/potential.

I say this as an LGBT person.

If you have the choice between a more qualified male candidate and less
qualified female candidate, hire the female candidate - and
train/educate her. it's important.

On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 09:22:25 -0500
"Adrienne G. Thompson" <adriennegayethompson@gmail.com> wrote:

> Quiliro, I see you're at riseup.net!
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> > Your message has made Richard Stallman, an icon to human rights,
> > resign as president of the board of directors and as president of
> > the FSF.
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> > As for me, I will stop preferring women for positions on free
> > software technical areas. I think that they will earn them if they
> > deserve such positions.
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> Affirmative action is a noble concept, but sometimes adopting the
> policy just doesn't make sense. You always need the very best for
> technical positions - which should accordingly be earned on merit. I
> doubt that I will be "preferring women" for technical positions at
> GNU C-Graph!
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> This whole business smells like a set-up. I've noted the number of
> people who rushed to distance themselves from rms, some of whom he
> might once have considered friends. RMS will rise again in the blink
> of an eye!
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> *You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You
> may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.You may
> shoot me with your words,You may cut me with your eyes,You may kill
> me with your hatefulness,But still, like air, I’ll rise.Just like
> moons and like suns,With the certainty of tides,Just like hopes
> springing high,Still I'll rise.*
> 
> >From "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
> 
> Adrienne G. Thompson
> Author and Inventor, GNU C-Graph
> She/Her
> -- 
> Freedom - no pane, all gaiGN!
> 
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