Re: [Fsfe-uk] [Fwd: [Fsuk-manchester] Richard Stallman talk - Manchester (1st May)]

[Dave Crossland]

On 17/04/2008, Dave Crossland <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 17/04/2008, Ian Lynch <address@hidden> wrote:
> >  On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 02:17 +0100, Tim Dobson wrote:
>  >  > "wayne" isn't going to give a shit about RMS's talk because he only
>  >  > [goes] on myfacespacebook,
>  >
>  > Do you realise how bigoted that sounds?
>
> I'm not sure Tim was equating intelligence with money or class, and
>  you have exaggerated his position to make it seem bigoted.

To clarify:

Caricaturing working class people isn't nice, but I'm not
sure it was bigotry, just the kind of teenage snobbery that tends to
fade away. If someone in their 30s wrote what Tim did, I guess I'd
interpret it differently.

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Regards,
Dave