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From: gregor <podrzaj.gregor@gmail.com>
To: Danny Spitzberg <stationaery@gmail.com>,
	libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
Subject: Re: Support RMS> to Deb, all
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 22:04:51 +0200	[thread overview]
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hi,

"Gregor, makes this interpretation arbitrary? "

yes, you are right. that was the point of the first part of my letter.. 
trying to show how i see Debs letter, fully emotionally charged as was 
my first part. like a mirror. to show how i see her letter, you 
understand what i mean (english is not my native, some thoughts are 
harder to express, sorry)?

my main point tough is, that division is making us weak and confused.

between was just a try to "open" her eyes in the flawed logic of 
emotions as a basis for constructive dialog.

regards

g

On 15. 04. 21 21:38, Danny Spitzberg wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 12:25 PM gregor <podrzaj.gregor@gmail.com 
> <mailto:podrzaj.gregor@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>      hi Deb, all.
>
>        hope you bear with me and my thinking. here goes:
>
>        i feel that dumbing down the peoples of usa worked. well, the same
>        seems to be the case in my country, with maybe a couple of
>     decades of a
>        lag.
>
>        reading the reasoning of Deb, i feel like being from another
>     planet.
>
>        if 30 years ago, someone told me something like this would
>     happen, i
>        would bet my arm that it wouldn't.
>        your usa world is now made of feelings, all under the banner of
>        freedom, a type of freedom that only some are the arbiters of.
>
>
>
>        the others are victims of this arbitrary interpretations 
>
>
> Gregor, makes this interpretation arbitrary?
>
>     of how to
>        conduct social interactions (still all based on feelings, no
>     need for
>        critical thinking, let alone search for the truth, which the
>     ancients
>        called wisdom)
>
>        those same feelings you newer show when bombing some foreign
>     country.
>        now it feels like your nation is last to be devoured by that same
>        force. in so hideous a way, not even mengele would come up
>     with. (and
>        also has to do with divide and conquer, if we would only see it as
>        such, "struggle" wouldn't be futile)
>
>        let me walk trough your letter Deb
>
>        On 15. 04. 21 18:13, Deb Nicholson wrote:
>
>        Hi,
>        As you know, I've spent many hours in FSF booths and many hours
>     running
>        FSF events. I've personally spoken to many, many more than "a half
>        dozen" women and others who have told me their stories about RMS
>        treating them differently,
>
>        differently? as oppose to what? samely?
>
>      hitting on them at a conference,
>
>        oh no, a man must not hit on a woman ( maybe you mean unless she
>        approves of it?) how does that work?
>
>      loudly
>        interrupting a young person's talk
>
>        only young?, so he seems to be a bigot of some sorts. ok,
>     interupting
>        someone's talk. yes, seems rude. of the few videos i watched
>     dr. RMS,
>        and the way i see his stainless steel logic, if he yelled at me, i
>        would be honored and would most likely have to revisit my
>     position for
>        which i was yelled at. but if i could prove my position i am
>     sure he
>        would go revisiting his.
>
>      or involving them in a mortifying
>        public joke about virginity.
>
>        mortifying joke, oh now now, don't you go cry, its called a killing
>        joke, once you hear it you die
>
>      In particular, I have had several young
>        women say to me, "Oh, I could never give a talk at LibrePlanet
>     because
>        RMS might yell at me."
>
>        hmm. so fragile these new ones. yell back! then both have a
>     smile and a
>        cheer fills the room.
>
>        Others have told me that they can't bring their wife or
>     girlfriend to
>        these events because the last time they did RMS or other free
>     software
>        representatives were awful to them.
>
>        were awful to them? this sure sounds a strange claim, so they were
>        awful to new faces, specially women, whereas to their male spouses
>        everything was normal (except of course their wifes girlfriends
>        feelings, those weren't normal.) i just can not wrap my head around
>        what has happened to educated people of usa. to me it seems
>     like those
>        couples should divorce if such a disharmony in understanding of the
>        world is between them. i just don't get it. maybe it was like a
>     mans
>        club, where women are ridiculed. hmm. in that case you got a huge
>        point, no doubt. As i recall, dr. RMS is a champion of neutral
>     pronoun
>        which is not sexist at all
>
>      Having a leader who inspires others
>        to treat potential newcomers rudely, or with contempt is not a net
>        positive for the free software movement.
>
>        contempt is a very strong word. your demands for the world to
>     be the
>        way you want it to be, is actually not net positive for the whole
>        world. it lacks the basic logic, you seem to not notice you
>     constantly
>        argue against your own principle.
>
>        Perhaps it would not surprise you to hear that almost none of the
>        people who've had these interactions with RMS or his
>     representatives
>        choose to donate to the FSF or support it through their
>     volunteer time?
>
>        truth shall prevail. meanwhile bombs are still killing the
>     innocent ...
>        ever, ever, ever much?
>
>        I'm not surprised that the people who are left at the FSF
>     mostly still
>        support him. What's sad is that the free software movement
>     should be
>        much, much bigger and it won't be able to grow if it is only
>     accepting
>        people who don't mind harassment, bullying and belittlement.
>
>        in all your posts you have managed to belittle yourself in my eyes
>        completely. mind you, couldn't it be argued that dr. RMS is
>     harassed
>        and bullied? one could even naively ask by whom? (wink wink)
>
>      We should
>        be able to work on free software without that gate.
>
>        i can not see the connection between "promote computer user
>     freedom"
>        e.g. free software project and a gate. what gate does dr. RMS
>     present
>        to you that inhibits your work for the computer user freedom?
>
>        You mentioned that a public letter is a hostile act. I
>     understand that
>        it feels that way to you. Collectively the signers of that
>     letter have
>        spent many, many hours trying to "call in" or improve free software
>        *with RMS.* He hasn't listened.
>
>        could it be he listened but didn't react the way you wanted?
>
>      It's completely false to draw a
>        parallel between that action and acting rudely to complete
>     strangers at
>        an event where the primary goal should be bringing in new free
>     software
>        supporters.
>
>        would need to see some examples finally of this rudeness you keep
>        referring to. try finding ones that weren't provoked so as not
>     to waste
>        more time with a straw man. (down below you used open hardware,
>     is the
>        perfect example where one could scream: not open, free/libre -
>     after so
>        many years in the movement you still spread propaganda mixing
>     free and
>        open)
>
>        RMS did come up with free software and many tools for achieving
>     it and
>        that is great, vital, visionary work. He did not invent the
>     struggle
>        for freedom though.
>
>        the freedom you are fighting for here is known in my world as
>        "political correctness". see, its political. FSF is not a political
>        platform, find another platform for (in my opinion highjacked,
>     using
>        grassroots and perverting it for some agenda unbeknown to me)
>     movement
>        of political correctness.
>        i stand strongly on my political views, but see, they are not
>     important
>        for FSF, i mean: for the part where they intersect they are the
>     same,
>        where they don't intersect i won't bother pushing my flat earth
>     theory
>        on FSF... was a parable, am actually still a globe-er :), 
>     ohoho and by
>        the way, planet is not a correct term, since etimologically it
>     means
>        plane not globe, so lets all start calling the planet globet)
>
>      And there are many aspects of even computer freedom
>        that the FSF does not work on; some of the EFF's work against
>        persistent surveillance, campaigns to popularize Open Hardware,
>
>        here you go, this is the point i see myself yelling also
>
>      pushing
>        for reform of EULAs and TOS agreements, resisting the use of
>     algorithms
>        that reinforce racism and sexism in job opportunities or the
>     criminal
>        justice system or pushing to be able to work on things like
>     drones or
>        amateur rockets without being labeled as criminals.
>
>        for some of those you should make your own foundation. some
>     could find
>        a sweet spot in FSF projects. also with some i disagree -
>     technology is
>        not bad per se, it's the use of it that can be bad.
>
>     The struggle for
>        freedom has to be more than one person and more than one
>     organization.
>
>        exactly. why highjack dr. RMS and FSF, when you should make
>     your own,
>        thus making it "more than one organization"??? and you again do
>     some
>        word twisting - struggle for freedom is not what the stated
>     mission of
>        FSF is ("mission to promote computer user freedom.").
>
>        If the FSF is unwilling to listen to people's concerns, then I fear
>        that it will cease to grow and become irrelevant. I think that
>     would be
>        terrible because software freedom is extremely important and
>     that's why
>        I'm continuing to engage here.
>
>        hmm, seems to me that by equating people's concerns with your own
>        concerns (or of a group of people) puts you in the position of the
>        arbiter. you like to do that over and over again, i wonder if
>        knowingly?
>
>        i am sure FSF is willing to listen to all concerns. what they
>     do with
>        them might be different form one concern to other one. and  again,
>        different from what you want.
>
>        Once i wrote a personal letter to dr. RMS, and to my big
>     surprise, i
>        got an answer. me, just a schmuck, i never expected for him to
>     bother
>        with some small talk with just some guy. he took the time. he
>     took the
>        time.
>
>        Best,
>        Deb
>        On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 4:21 AM Alexandre Oliva
>     [1]<[1]lxoliva@fsfla.org <mailto:lxoliva@fsfla.org>>
>        wrote:
>
>          On Apr 14, 2021, Deb Nicholson
>     [2]<[2]deb@eximiousproductions.com
>     <mailto:deb@eximiousproductions.com>>
>          wrote:
>          > It's disappointing that so many people have chosen to
>     disbelieve
>          former FSF
>          > employees, hundreds of women who have encountered RMS at
>          conferences or MIT
>          > and many, many free software creators.
>          That's a real peril, and would have been wise to take into
>     account,
>          before deciding to form a coalition with known liars and
>     attackers,
>          and
>          before resorting to false allegations, exaggerations and
>     distortions
>          to
>          spark an explosive reaction that facts have or would have
>     failed to
>          spark.
>          These decisions have contaminated and shed doubt on the
>     legitimacy
>          of
>          claims advanced by those who joined the coalition, or who
>          opportunistically timed their action to coincide with those
>     of the
>          corporate-funded coalition.  That may be illogical, but it's
>     often a
>          valuable heuristics.  Call it karma if you wish.
>          Now, if there were any true, first-hand accounts of actual sexual
>          harassment, I'd be very interested in getting them straight
>     from the
>          source.  Giving out pleasure cards, politely asking people on
>     dates,
>          keeping foliage or mattresses in work offices, reports of the
>          existence
>          of institutional sexism at universities, advising caution against
>          leaps
>          to unsupported condemnation, tasteless jokes, getting angry and
>          being
>          loud are not it IMHO.  Hearsay about the same half dozen
>     rumors over
>          a
>          period of 40+ years isn't either, unless your own investigations
>          haven't
>          hit a dead end before something concrete popped up.  I
>     encourage you
>          to
>          let the FSF board know if that's the case, and please keep me on
>          copy.
>          > The vast majority of the people who signed the letter
>     asking for
>          RMS
>          > to step down, care deeply about free software.
>          I encourage them (you) to behave as such, instead of associating
>          with
>          historical opponents, and working so hard to divide us.  It's
>     become
>          really hard to believe in that commitment, and in good intentions
>          behind
>          the actions, given the present circumstances.
>          --
>          Alexandre Oliva, happy hacker 
>     [3][3]https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/ <https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/>
>             Free Software Activist         GNU Toolchain Engineer
>                  Vim, Vi, Voltei pro Emacs -- GNUlius Caesar
>
>     References
>
>        1. [4]mailto:lxoliva@fsfla.org <mailto:lxoliva@fsfla.org>
>        2. [5]mailto:deb@eximiousproductions.com
>     <mailto:deb@eximiousproductions.com>
>        3. [6]https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/ <https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/>
>
>
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>
>        i grew up in a socialist country (oh, did i mention that usa
>     bombed it,
>        yes) and what i am seeing now in the west reminds me of the
>     brainwash
>        propaganda i grew up in 40 odd years back. and yes, is totally
>     wrong
>        and always makes me a bit angry when westerners say a communist
>        country, it shows the lack of knowledge. all them (us) commies were
>        socialist countries, please be politically correct when you
>     call them.
>        also china today is not and never was communist, it is
>     socialist. read
>        up, educate, and be correct.
>
>        also so many times i hear americans this americans that. so
>     politically
>        incorrect, when referring to citizens of usa and calling them
>        americans, you "insult" all central and south americans and
>     canadians.
>        please be politically correct.
>
>        etc.
>
>        if you caught my point, there is not always the need to be
>     politically
>        correct, if the exchange of information was correct and no party of
>        exchange was insulted, then the strict semantic can loosen up.
>     but if
>        you keep being insulted by this, that and my uncle, well then
>     you might
>        be quite a bigot (for the many times you've insulted south
>     americans,
>        and a billion and a half socialist chinese people, etc)
>
>        Notice also that i began the letter with an emotionally charged
>        personal views/feelings, just as you did, again to show you the
>     mirror.
>
>        So, as i began with quite an emotional tone, let me finish with an
>        apology. We, the people should stand united in our differences and
>        should try understanding each other and even when we don't, we
>        shouldn't impose ways of behavior on others (of course, all
>     within roza
>        luxembourg maxim). is not really that hard, even if my reply
>     doesn't
>        show it much. So i hope you can accept my apologies for being
>     blunt and
>        a bit rude (when i grew up, back then, that kind of exchange wasn't
>        necessarily being seen as rude at all)
>        I hope, truly sincerely hope that one day, we (you and me and
>     all) will
>        no longer fight where fight isn't due. and class struggle
>     becomes one
>        class struggle, all class struggle. it feels even, that once not
>        divided, victory is here.
>
>        i salute you all from once socialist country
>
>        g
>
>     References
>
>        1. mailto:[1]lxoliva@fsfla.org <mailto:lxoliva@fsfla.org>
>        2. mailto:[2]deb@eximiousproductions.com
>     <mailto:deb@eximiousproductions.com>
>        3. https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/ <https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/>
>        4. mailto:lxoliva@fsfla.org <mailto:lxoliva@fsfla.org>
>        5. mailto:deb@eximiousproductions.com
>     <mailto:deb@eximiousproductions.com>
>        6. https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/ <https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/>
>        7. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
>     <mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>
>        8.
>     https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
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   hi,

   "Gregor, makes this interpretation arbitrary? "

   yes, you are right. that was the point of the first part of my letter..
   trying to show how i see Debs letter, fully emotionally charged as was
   my first part. like a mirror. to show how i see her letter, you
   understand what i mean (english is not my native, some thoughts are
   harder to express, sorry)?

   my main point tough is, that division is making us weak and confused.

   between was just a try to "open" her eyes in the flawed logic of
   emotions as a basis for constructive dialog.

   regards

   g

   On 15. 04. 21 21:38, Danny Spitzberg wrote:

   On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 12:25 PM gregor <[1]podrzaj.gregor@gmail.com>
   wrote:

        hi Deb, all.
        hope you bear with me and my thinking. here goes:
        i feel that dumbing down the peoples of usa worked. well, the
     same
        seems to be the case in my country, with maybe a couple of
     decades of a
        lag.
        reading the reasoning of Deb, i feel like being from another
     planet.
        if 30 years ago, someone told me something like this would
     happen, i
        would bet my arm that it wouldn't.
        your usa world is now made of feelings, all under the banner of
        freedom, a type of freedom that only some are the arbiters of.

        the others are victims of this arbitrary interpretations

   Gregor, makes this interpretation arbitrary?

     of how to
        conduct social interactions (still all based on feelings, no need
     for
        critical thinking, let alone search for the truth, which the
     ancients
        called wisdom)
        those same feelings you newer show when bombing some foreign
     country.
        now it feels like your nation is last to be devoured by that same
        force. in so hideous a way, not even mengele would come up with.
     (and
        also has to do with divide and conquer, if we would only see it
     as
        such, "struggle" wouldn't be futile)
        let me walk trough your letter Deb
        On 15. 04. 21 18:13, Deb Nicholson wrote:
        Hi,
        As you know, I've spent many hours in FSF booths and many hours
     running
        FSF events. I've personally spoken to many, many more than "a
     half
        dozen" women and others who have told me their stories about RMS
        treating them differently,
        differently? as oppose to what? samely?
      hitting on them at a conference,
        oh no, a man must not hit on a woman ( maybe you mean unless she
        approves of it?) how does that work?
      loudly
        interrupting a young person's talk
        only young?, so he seems to be a bigot of some sorts. ok,
     interupting
        someone's talk. yes, seems rude. of the few videos i watched dr.
     RMS,
        and the way i see his stainless steel logic, if he yelled at me,
     i
        would be honored and would most likely have to revisit my
     position for
        which i was yelled at. but if i could prove my position i am sure
     he
        would go revisiting his.
      or involving them in a mortifying
        public joke about virginity.
        mortifying joke, oh now now, don't you go cry, its called a
     killing
        joke, once you hear it you die
      In particular, I have had several young
        women say to me, "Oh, I could never give a talk at LibrePlanet
     because
        RMS might yell at me."
        hmm. so fragile these new ones. yell back! then both have a smile
     and a
        cheer fills the room.
        Others have told me that they can't bring their wife or
     girlfriend to
        these events because the last time they did RMS or other free
     software
        representatives were awful to them.
        were awful to them? this sure sounds a strange claim, so they
     were
        awful to new faces, specially women, whereas to their male
     spouses
        everything was normal (except of course their wifes girlfriends
        feelings, those weren't normal.) i just can not wrap my head
     around
        what has happened to educated people of usa. to me it seems like
     those
        couples should divorce if such a disharmony in understanding of
     the
        world is between them. i just don't get it. maybe it was like a
     mans
        club, where women are ridiculed. hmm. in that case you got a huge
        point, no doubt. As i recall, dr. RMS is a champion of neutral
     pronoun
        which is not sexist at all
      Having a leader who inspires others
        to treat potential newcomers rudely, or with contempt is not a
     net
        positive for the free software movement.
        contempt is a very strong word. your demands for the world to be
     the
        way you want it to be, is actually not net positive for the whole
        world. it lacks the basic logic, you seem to not notice you
     constantly
        argue against your own principle.
        Perhaps it would not surprise you to hear that almost none of the
        people who've had these interactions with RMS or his
     representatives
        choose to donate to the FSF or support it through their volunteer
     time?
        truth shall prevail. meanwhile bombs are still killing the
     innocent ...
        ever, ever, ever much?
        I'm not surprised that the people who are left at the FSF mostly
     still
        support him. What's sad is that the free software movement should
     be
        much, much bigger and it won't be able to grow if it is only
     accepting
        people who don't mind harassment, bullying and belittlement.
        in all your posts you have managed to belittle yourself in my
     eyes
        completely. mind you, couldn't it be argued that dr. RMS is
     harassed
        and bullied? one could even naively ask by whom? (wink wink)
      We should
        be able to work on free software without that gate.
        i can not see the connection between "promote computer user
     freedom"
        e.g. free software project and a gate. what gate does dr. RMS
     present
        to you that inhibits your work for the computer user freedom?
        You mentioned that a public letter is a hostile act. I understand
     that
        it feels that way to you. Collectively the signers of that letter
     have
        spent many, many hours trying to "call in" or improve free
     software
        *with RMS.* He hasn't listened.
        could it be he listened but didn't react the way you wanted?
      It's completely false to draw a
        parallel between that action and acting rudely to complete
     strangers at
        an event where the primary goal should be bringing in new free
     software
        supporters.
        would need to see some examples finally of this rudeness you keep
        referring to. try finding ones that weren't provoked so as not to
     waste
        more time with a straw man. (down below you used open hardware,
     is the
        perfect example where one could scream: not open, free/libre -
     after so
        many years in the movement you still spread propaganda mixing
     free and
        open)
        RMS did come up with free software and many tools for achieving
     it and
        that is great, vital, visionary work. He did not invent the
     struggle
        for freedom though.
        the freedom you are fighting for here is known in my world as
        "political correctness". see, its political. FSF is not a
     political
        platform, find another platform for (in my opinion highjacked,
     using
        grassroots and perverting it for some agenda unbeknown to me)
     movement
        of political correctness.
        i stand strongly on my political views, but see, they are not
     important
        for FSF, i mean: for the part where they intersect they are the
     same,
        where they don't intersect i won't bother pushing my flat earth
     theory
        on FSF... was a parable, am actually still a globe-er :),  ohoho
     and by
        the way, planet is not a correct term, since etimologically it
     means
        plane not globe, so lets all start calling the planet globet)
      And there are many aspects of even computer freedom
        that the FSF does not work on; some of the EFF's work against
        persistent surveillance, campaigns to popularize Open Hardware,
        here you go, this is the point i see myself yelling also
      pushing
        for reform of EULAs and TOS agreements, resisting the use of
     algorithms
        that reinforce racism and sexism in job opportunities or the
     criminal
        justice system or pushing to be able to work on things like
     drones or
        amateur rockets without being labeled as criminals.
        for some of those you should make your own foundation. some could
     find
        a sweet spot in FSF projects. also with some i disagree -
     technology is
        not bad per se, it's the use of it that can be bad.
     The struggle for
        freedom has to be more than one person and more than one
     organization.
        exactly. why highjack dr. RMS and FSF, when you should make your
     own,
        thus making it "more than one organization"??? and you again do
     some
        word twisting - struggle for freedom is not what the stated
     mission of
        FSF is ("mission to promote computer user freedom.").
        If the FSF is unwilling to listen to people's concerns, then I
     fear
        that it will cease to grow and become irrelevant. I think that
     would be
        terrible because software freedom is extremely important and
     that's why
        I'm continuing to engage here.
        hmm, seems to me that by equating people's concerns with your own
        concerns (or of a group of people) puts you in the position of
     the
        arbiter. you like to do that over and over again, i wonder if
        knowingly?
        i am sure FSF is willing to listen to all concerns. what they do
     with
        them might be different form one concern to other one. and
     again,
        different from what you want.
        Once i wrote a personal letter to dr. RMS, and to my big
     surprise, i
        got an answer. me, just a schmuck, i never expected for him to
     bother
        with some small talk with just some guy. he took the time. he
     took the
        time.
        Best,
        Deb
        On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 4:21 AM Alexandre Oliva
     [1]<[1][2]lxoliva@fsfla.org>
        wrote:
          On Apr 14, 2021, Deb Nicholson
     [2]<[2][3]deb@eximiousproductions.com>
          wrote:
          > It's disappointing that so many people have chosen to
     disbelieve
          former FSF
          > employees, hundreds of women who have encountered RMS at
          conferences or MIT
          > and many, many free software creators.
          That's a real peril, and would have been wise to take into
     account,
          before deciding to form a coalition with known liars and
     attackers,
          and
          before resorting to false allegations, exaggerations and
     distortions
          to
          spark an explosive reaction that facts have or would have
     failed to
          spark.
          These decisions have contaminated and shed doubt on the
     legitimacy
          of
          claims advanced by those who joined the coalition, or who
          opportunistically timed their action to coincide with those of
     the
          corporate-funded coalition.  That may be illogical, but it's
     often a
          valuable heuristics.  Call it karma if you wish.
          Now, if there were any true, first-hand accounts of actual
     sexual
          harassment, I'd be very interested in getting them straight
     from the
          source.  Giving out pleasure cards, politely asking people on
     dates,
          keeping foliage or mattresses in work offices, reports of the
          existence
          of institutional sexism at universities, advising caution
     against
          leaps
          to unsupported condemnation, tasteless jokes, getting angry and
          being
          loud are not it IMHO.  Hearsay about the same half dozen rumors
     over
          a
          period of 40+ years isn't either, unless your own
     investigations
          haven't
          hit a dead end before something concrete popped up.  I
     encourage you
          to
          let the FSF board know if that's the case, and please keep me
     on
          copy.
          > The vast majority of the people who signed the letter asking
     for
          RMS
          > to step down, care deeply about free software.
          I encourage them (you) to behave as such, instead of
     associating
          with
          historical opponents, and working so hard to divide us.  It's
     become
          really hard to believe in that commitment, and in good
     intentions
          behind
          the actions, given the present circumstances.
          --
          Alexandre Oliva, happy hacker
     [3][3][4]https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/
             Free Software Activist         GNU Toolchain Engineer
                  Vim, Vi, Voltei pro Emacs -- GNUlius Caesar
     References
        1. [4]mailto:[5]lxoliva@fsfla.org
        2. [5]mailto:[6]deb@eximiousproductions.com
        3. [6][7]https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/
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        i grew up in a socialist country (oh, did i mention that usa
     bombed it,
        yes) and what i am seeing now in the west reminds me of the
     brainwash
        propaganda i grew up in 40 odd years back. and yes, is totally
     wrong
        and always makes me a bit angry when westerners say a communist
        country, it shows the lack of knowledge. all them (us) commies
     were
        socialist countries, please be politically correct when you call
     them.
        also china today is not and never was communist, it is socialist.
     read
        up, educate, and be correct.
        also so many times i hear americans this americans that. so
     politically
        incorrect, when referring to citizens of usa and calling them
        americans, you "insult" all central and south americans and
     canadians.
        please be politically correct.
        etc.
        if you caught my point, there is not always the need to be
     politically
        correct, if the exchange of information was correct and no party
     of
        exchange was insulted, then the strict semantic can loosen up.
     but if
        you keep being insulted by this, that and my uncle, well then you
     might
        be quite a bigot (for the many times you've insulted south
     americans,
        and a billion and a half socialist chinese people, etc)
        Notice also that i began the letter with an emotionally charged
        personal views/feelings, just as you did, again to show you the
     mirror.
        So, as i began with quite an emotional tone, let me finish with
     an
        apology. We, the people should stand united in our differences
     and
        should try understanding each other and even when we don't, we
        shouldn't impose ways of behavior on others (of course, all
     within roza
        luxembourg maxim). is not really that hard, even if my reply
     doesn't
        show it much. So i hope you can accept my apologies for being
     blunt and
        a bit rude (when i grew up, back then, that kind of exchange
     wasn't
        necessarily being seen as rude at all)
        I hope, truly sincerely hope that one day, we (you and me and
     all) will
        no longer fight where fight isn't due. and class struggle becomes
     one
        class struggle, all class struggle. it feels even, that once not
        divided, victory is here.
        i salute you all from once socialist country
        g
     References
        1. mailto:[1][10]lxoliva@fsfla.org
        2. mailto:[2][11]deb@eximiousproductions.com
        3. [12]https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/
        4. mailto:[13]lxoliva@fsfla.org
        5. mailto:[14]deb@eximiousproductions.com
        6. [15]https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/
        7. mailto:[16]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
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   3. mailto:deb@eximiousproductions.com
   4. https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/
   5. mailto:lxoliva@fsfla.org
   6. mailto:deb@eximiousproductions.com
   7. https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/
   8. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
   9. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
  10. mailto:lxoliva@fsfla.org
  11. mailto:deb@eximiousproductions.com
  12. https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/
  13. mailto:lxoliva@fsfla.org
  14. mailto:deb@eximiousproductions.com
  15. https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/
  16. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
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2021-04-12 11:23 Support RMS Ali Reza Hayati
2021-04-12 17:32 ` Adrienne G. Thompson
2021-04-12 17:57   ` Ali Reza Hayati
2021-04-12 18:17   ` Jean Louis
2021-04-13  5:37     ` Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
2021-04-13  5:57       ` Jean Louis
2021-04-13  6:58         ` Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
2021-04-13 16:44         ` Adrienne G. Thompson
2021-04-13 12:53       ` Dennis Payne
2021-04-13 15:30         ` quiliro
2021-04-14  0:56 ` Adrienne G. Thompson
2021-04-14  1:00   ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-14  1:35     ` Adrienne G. Thompson
2021-04-14  1:42       ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-14 15:36         ` Deb Nicholson
2021-04-14 19:07           ` Jean Louis
2021-04-14 19:28             ` Deb Nicholson
     [not found]               ` <YHdGE/dikVycAXWJ@protected.localdomain>
2021-04-14 20:00                 ` Deb Nicholson
2021-04-14 20:37                   ` Jean Louis
2021-04-14 20:23               ` Thomas Lord
2021-04-14 20:55                 ` Jean Louis
2021-04-14 23:13                 ` Ali Reza Hayati
2021-04-15  7:51               ` Alexandre Oliva
2021-04-15  1:13           ` quiliro
2021-04-15  1:53             ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-15  2:29               ` quiliro
2021-04-15  8:20           ` Alexandre Oliva
2021-04-15 16:13             ` Deb Nicholson
2021-04-15 17:00               ` Ali Reza Hayati
2021-04-15 17:24                 ` Ali Reza Hayati
2021-04-15 17:39                 ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-15 17:47                   ` Ali Reza Hayati
2021-04-15 17:51                     ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-15 17:43                 ` Aaron Wolf
2021-04-16  0:54                   ` quiliro
2021-04-16  1:12                     ` Aaron Wolf
2021-04-16  3:51                       ` quiliro
2021-04-16  4:59                       ` Jean Louis
2021-04-16  6:04                         ` Aaron Wolf
2021-04-16  6:56                           ` Jean Louis
2021-04-16 16:09                             ` Aaron Wolf
2021-04-16 16:46                               ` Ali Reza Hayati
     [not found]                           ` <orpmysp80e.fsf@lxoliva.fsfla.org>
2021-04-18  4:48                             ` Aaron Wolf
2021-04-18  5:19                               ` Thomas Lord
2021-04-18  5:24                                 ` Thomas Lord
2021-04-15 17:23               ` Thomas Lord
2021-04-15 17:39                 ` Aaron Wolf
2021-04-15 18:43                   ` Jean Louis
2021-04-15 20:59                     ` Aaron Wolf
2021-04-15 22:40                       ` Alexandre Oliva
2021-04-15 22:49                         ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-16  4:36                         ` Jean Louis
2021-04-16  4:43                           ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-16  5:02                             ` Jean Louis
2021-04-16  5:21                               ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-16  6:22                                 ` Jean Louis
2021-04-16  6:48                                   ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-16  7:25                                     ` Jean Louis
2021-04-16  8:07                                       ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-16 10:48                                         ` Jean Louis
2021-04-16 14:09                                           ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-16 14:52                                             ` Deb Nicholson
2021-04-16 19:26                                               ` Jean Louis
     [not found]                                         ` <CAEYaDQNahppkCt5kEytkaJ34a9zoUXt=W93f8sJErsyvceiXYA@mail.gmail.com>
2021-04-16 10:52                                           ` Jean Louis
2021-04-16 21:06                                     ` Thomas Lord
2021-04-16 21:04                                   ` Thomas Lord
2021-04-16 21:49                                     ` Thomas Lord
2021-04-16 22:04                                       ` Aaron Wolf
2021-04-16 22:08                                         ` Thomas Lord
2021-04-16 22:55                                           ` Adrienne G. Thompson
2021-04-16 23:22                                             ` Support RMS - find new communities Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-17  1:10                                               ` Adrienne G. Thompson
2021-04-16 21:56                                     ` Support RMS Adrienne G. Thompson
2021-04-16 22:12                                       ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-16 22:18                                         ` Thomas Lord
     [not found]                                       ` <YHqAGLJeGFiJTZ2V@protected.localdomain>
2021-04-18 17:15                                         ` Adrienne G. Thompson
2021-04-16  4:45                         ` Jean Louis
2021-04-16  5:00                           ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-16  3:45                       ` Jean Louis
2021-04-15 18:44                   ` Lusin via libreplanet-discuss
2021-04-15 18:39               ` Jean Louis
2021-04-15 18:41               ` Jean Louis
2021-04-15 22:19                 ` Alexandre Oliva
2021-04-15 22:34                   ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-15 23:37                     ` Alexandre Oliva
2021-04-16  4:49                       ` Jean Louis
2021-04-16  4:21                     ` Jean Louis
2021-04-16  4:20                   ` Jean Louis
2021-04-15 19:24               ` Support RMS> to Deb, all gregor
2021-04-15 19:38                 ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-15 20:02                   ` Deb Nicholson
2021-04-15 20:14                     ` gregor
2021-04-15 20:55                     ` Thomas Lord
2021-04-15 22:42                       ` Steve M Bibayoff
2021-04-17 16:02                         ` Matt Ivie
2021-04-16  1:13                     ` quiliro
2021-04-16  1:31                       ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-16  4:34                         ` quiliro
2021-04-16  4:42                           ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-16  5:30                             ` quiliro
2021-04-16  5:52                               ` Danny Spitzberg
2021-04-15 20:04                   ` gregor [this message]
2021-04-15 20:15               ` Support RMS Alexandre Oliva
2021-04-15 21:00                 ` Adrienne G. Thompson
2021-04-15 21:10               ` Matt Ivie
2021-04-16  6:35               ` Federico Leva (Nemo)
2021-04-14 14:48   ` Ali Reza Hayati
2021-04-14 17:19     ` Adrienne G. Thompson
2021-04-14 18:52       ` Jean Louis
2021-04-14 18:23     ` Jean Louis

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