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A chart showing the signature count as a graph comparing the #rms open support letter vs the anti-stallman letter... yay the letter in support of stallman is not just winning, but it seems to be growing in support where the other letter has lost steam and stopped growing.
The link below includes the script used to generate the chart
@freemo That makes sense. The folks signing the letter against Stallman care about the open source community and it's commitment to inclusiveness and diversity. The folks signing the letter in support of Stallman are more concerned with "men's rights" or fighting "cancel culture." It would take them longer to hear about it, since they're not a part of the community, but surprise, surprise, there are more insecure men on the internet than free software advocates. 🙄
+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
mens rights _are_ a thing as long as eg. men who chose to invest more time in their children than into their jobs are considered weak, as it means that it should be the womans job.
cancel culture is a problem, the anger of many gets unloaded on a single person, warranted or not. it's just lynch mobs with cyber. "down the memory hole with him!"
it doesn't even fix any problems, but silences symptoms of a fucked up society. the problems still exist, they only aren't visible anymore.
@bonifartius I'm sorry, I don't quite understand your men's rights argument... Do you mean we should abolish gender roles so that men can more easily be stay-at-home dads? I totally agree, but as far as I understand, that's not what the "men's rights" movement is advocating.
As for the "cancel culture," are you arguing that the complaints against Stallman are unwarranted? If they are warranted what would be a better response?
Of course the men's right movement is advocating men have the freedom to be in a stay-at-home role, and many other things. It is advocating that all the ways in which a man doesnt have the same rights as a women, they should have it.
Personally I am not a supporter of feminism or men's right. I am a supporter of sexual equality and dont feel prioritizing any sex in that pursuit is healthy. But I do recognize that feminists and MRA are both working towards good goals, even if they are fairly blind to their other halfs concerns.
