'Smee:

I still think this campaign against RMS was coordinated (call me a
> conspiracy nut) and that they are accomplishing some of their goals
> right now.
>

It was very well coordinated with the help of big money!


> Thanks Adrienne for sticking up for free speech.
>

You're welcome 'Smee. Have a nice day!!

Adrienne



>
>
> On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 11:08 -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote:
> > Adrienne, that's a valid concern. People shouldn't be walking on
> > eggshells. However, that's a misreading of the case here. This is
> > more
> > like 'Smee realizing on self-reflection that they actually *were*
> > making
> > assumptions and not being as considerate as they wish to be. I don't
> > think this apology was an insincere fear-based one but one in which
> > it's
> > a modeling of holding oneself to a high standard.
> >
> > Again, you're right in that we live in a context where *reasonable*
> > discourse gets grotesquely misrepresented and then people self-censor
> > out of fear. That is a totally valid problem, and we should not
> > accept
> > it as okay.
> >
> > At the same time, we should work to treat everyone with some
> > benefit-of-the-doubt and compassion. And there's nothing wrong with
> > apologizing for not living up to that standard, even if someone's
> > worst
> > was *still* better than many people's normal.
> >
> > If I write something from a defensive, reactionary mindset, I would
> > hope
> > to recognize it and apologize if I failed to check myself before
> > sending
> > it. That's independent from the fact that my emotional reactionary
> > writing might still be more respectful than most people's non-
> > emotional
> > postings.
> >
> >
> > On 2019-09-24 10:56 a.m., Adrienne G. Thompson wrote:
> > >    Gee 'Smee:
> > >    Things are getting a little out of hand. So now guys can't have
> > >    reasonable arguments with women without feeling like they're
> > > being
> > >    "combative"? Are you afraid someone might call you "sexist"?
> > >    I didn't see where you said anything objectionable or
> > > "combative".
> > >    Adrienne
> > >    On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 12:43 PM 'smee via libreplanet-discuss
> > >    <[1]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >      I was combative in my language with Deb earlier and would like
> > > to
> > >      apologize and say I'll do better in the future.
> > >      I assumed bad intentions and acted out of irritation. I'll do
> > > better
> > >      in
> > >      the future to consider that there are real people with real
> > > concerns
> > >      and try not to be combative.
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> > >      [3]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-
> > > discus
> > >      s
> > >
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> > >
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> > > scuss
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