• SteveGoob@lemmy.world
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      24 days ago

      Drew has posted a response in defense of these allegations.

      Having read it as well the “report” on him you linked, I personally find the report lacks credibility. I take much more stock in Drew’s accounting of things, including his mature ownership of the bad decisions he’s made in the past.

      As for the Stallman Report: it’s not a smear piece in my view. It’s a whistleblow that outlines an argument why RMS is unfit to lead the FSF with accompanying evidence. You may disagree with some of it, but it’s hardly malicious; I can sympathize with anyone who wishes to see better from the leaders of the major social movements of our day.

      And as for why Drew initially denied his involvement, I found his response reasonable:

      Myself and the other authors asserted our moral rights to publish anonymously, motivated by our wish to reduce our exposure to the exact sort of harassment I’ve been subjected to over the years.

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          24 days ago

          Kiwifarms is full of terrible people. The site still lists factual claims of his pedophilia.

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              You’re entitled to put your head in the sand.

              If anyone else is actually curious, spend a few minutes reading Drew’s response. Lots of words apologizing over a minor detail. Zero response to the facts of his pedophilia. Just read his words. Classic shitbag strategy.

              He wrote that response so that people like you can defend his pedophilia in exactly the way you’re doing now.

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                  24 days ago

                  Read it, instead of wasting time defending a pedophile.

                  You’re literally doing the same thing MAGAts do.

                  Trump is opting not to validate accusations made by bad faith actors. Neither of us knows.

                  We do know that the liberal media is full of scum and filth that would likely make asinine accusations for the lawls

                  ☝️You, literally right now

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        His rebuttal curiously doesn’t dispute the facts of his pedophilia. It’s included in a blanket denial and then ignored.

        Are you claiming those pedophilic accounts aren’t his? Why?

        And he did more than “deny” his involvement in the report

        Speaking as someone who has done a lot of my own research on Stallman’s bullshit, the depth of this report is astonishing.

        That was his report. He can’t be trusted and will openly make bald-faced lies. He’s full of shit and best left in the dustbin of history.

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      25 days ago

      What a string of grasping at straws. I’m sure this (Attempted) character assassination has nothing to do with Drew DeVault publicly naming and shaming fascist developers, with receipts.

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        The list of subreddits he programmed his bot to run on includes one, “r/pomf” so pedophilic that it was banned by Reddit, along with many other pedophilic and racist subreddits