Thanks Luke, that's well said, and that's how I see things as well.
Except for the one detail that I'm not sure how much the people who
have
been close to RMS are actually unaware. I suspect they see it clearly
too and that's one reason many of them spent years tolerating things
and
working to help him. Perhaps if he were indeed diagnosed and had help
from people who understand his particular neurological style that would
make the difference. The various free software activists who have
worked
with RMS are not specifically experts on Asperger's or similar, so even
if they *get* that he is that way, that doesn't mean they know how to
deal with it.
On 2021-03-26 10:58 p.m., Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
On Saturday, March 27, 2021,
<[1]libreplanet-discuss-request@libreplanet.org> wrote:
and I'm not talking about the
unfair out-of-context gotcha stuff, I'm talking about the pattern
of
awkward behavior the is both more subtle and persistent, the
stuff
that
has discouraged many people over the years, people who dealt with
him
day-to-day.
i have interacted with Dr Stallman for over 15 years. over that
time
several things became abundantly clear to me:
1) his hyperintelligence and attention to detail leaves you with
absolutely no opportunity whatsoever to be ambiguous or unclear, in
any
way. everyday words or acronyms that provide any opportunity for
misunderatanding he will INSTANTLY pick up on and question.
for people who lack patience this drives them up the f****** wall.
for those who have the patience it is an opportunity that i cannot
fully express how valuable it is, to have access to someone who can
teach you to be absolutely clear and succinct in communication.
2) from the above, and much more, it is blindingly obvious that Dr
Stallman has a form of Asperger's (just as i do).
the problem is that every time i raise this with him, he denies it.
i would very much appreciate it if others who recognise the clear
symptoms and behavioural patterns that i do, to have a quiet word
with
him and advise him to get a proper independent diagnosis...
...,*and publish it*.
someone from a professional background who confirms this
independently
will have a huge impact in silencing and stymying Dr Stallman's
worst
critics.
how?
because his critics and those actively seeking to destroy him are
judging him by "normal" behavioural standards.
no "normal" person literally dedicates their entire life in the way
that he has to a cause that invites others to go absolutely
ballistic
because they look so ethically inferior to him by comparison, they
cannot cope and seek to destroy him rather than accept *themselves*
as
they are.
we accept Bill Gates and Richard Branson for who they are. they
both
have Asperger's. these are people whose behavioural quirks and
speech
patterns are accepted because they have been diagnosed with
Asperger's
and that has become public knowledge.
people with Asperger's are the ones that change rhe world, because
they
DO NOT QUIT.
i leave you with this quote:
The Reason-able Man adapts himself to the world.
The Un-Reason-able Man adapts the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the Un-Reason-able Man.
l.
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