Just listened to the great Rage Against the Machine song "Know Your Enemy", it struck me how it relates to the #RMS debate.
Here is how it ends:
"Yes, I know my enemies"
"They're the teachers who taught me to fight me"
"Compromise,
conformity,
assimilation,
submission,
ignorance,
hypocrisy,
brutality,
the elite"
"All of which are American dreams"
Thinking about those "enemies" in the context of the RMS debate and the infamous open letter:
(to be continued)
RMS and Rage Against the Machine
> Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission
A stubborn person like RMS must compromise his beliefs and conform to the norms, it is not acceptable for him to be different.
> ignorance
People attacking RMS without knowing what they are talking about.
> hypocrisy
Excluding a person in the name of inclusiveness, in a letter preaching "digital autonomy" while hosted on Github, owned by Microsoft.
(to be continued)