rms
@lionirdeadman@fosstodon.org
You wrote earlier:
> I don't believe that anyone who has signed the letter thinks RMS can't change
But at the same time you acknowledge that putting a label like "misogynist" on a person is bad because it assigns it to a person's identity, something that cannot change.
So the text is clearly phrased in the wrong way, and apparently you understand that now.
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rms
@lionirdeadman@fosstodon.org
Then you tried to escape from your responsibility by writing this:
> I don't believe that me, or people signing it need to agree on everything it says anyways.
But that escape does not work, it is a position impossible to defend which you will see if you think about it. If the people signing a text do not all stand by it, then it is wrong to add their signatures. If the people who signed it do not stand by the whole text, then the whole setup is deeply dishonest.
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rms
@lionirdeadman@fosstodon.org
If you do not understand that, then try thinking about it from the perspective of someone who reads the text with all the signatures under it. The reader understands that all these people stand behind this whole text. There is no other way to interpret it when you read a text with a number of signatures.
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rms
@lionirdeadman@fosstodon.org
If people who want to express their opinions only support certain parts of a text, then they would need to either sign separate texts to get it right, or else, if they want to avoid separating the vote as you say, then they need to revise the text so that they find the common part that everyone supports. Then they can sign that new version without being dishonest, because then all who sign it do really stand by the whole text they are signing.
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rms
@lionirdeadman@fosstodon.org
For example, since there is not strong enough basis for the "misogynist" claim, you should refuse to sign a text that makes such a claim.
And since it is wrong to put vicious labels on a person's identity rather than focusing on actions, you should refuse to sign a text that does so.
Have I succeeded in explaining why it is wrong to sign a text if you do not support all of it?
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rms
@lionirdeadman@fosstodon.org
There is nothing wrong with admitting a mistake, on the contrary it is very important to be able to do so, for anyone with the intellectual honesty that you have.
Do you agree that someone who signed something with severe accusations and later realizes that it was wrong to sign it, that the right thing to do for that person is to remove their signature?
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rms
@lionirdeadman@fosstodon.org
I understand that you find yourself in a difficult position, since if you remove your signature then you send a signal to others that signing the letter was not such a good idea after all. Maybe you convinced others to sign it earlier, then you will need to explain yourself to them. I hope that will not stop you from doing the right thing.
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