That’s why I threw in the parenthetical “seemingly” – I was being a bit facetious. We all know that “libertarian” dudes like Stallman carve out all kinds of special exceptions for themselves because they’re geniuses or heroes or otherwise “extraordinary”.
Speaking of that, some of Stallman’s defenders have apparently also claimed that his serial dickhead behaviour should be excused because he’s supposedly on the autism spectrum (apparently this was how a lot of people at MIT justified putting up with his BS). Whether he is or not, the insulting and stereotyping idea that a high-IQ and high-functioning autistic person can be excused for constantly treating other people like dirt really has to end.
Apparently Hacker News is also bending over backwards to defend him.
