True, assuming he or she can actually learn. Many extremists simply can not. Their minds are as typically more fixed (and closed) then the people they attack.
If Stallman is his role model, then he has a very very long way to go. Stallman developed software first proving to other developers with his code/skill that his views deserved to be heard. Telling others "If so, get your head out of your !$!!@#$! and wake up" is not helping to build respect in any way.
I guess that everyone deserves a second chance ... but the last thing anyone wants is for MobileRead to devolve into name calling attacks and flame wars. I have seen enough of that in forums over the previous 25 to 30 years, I really don't need to see more. I think the designers did a good thing when they added that "ignore list" feature.
My 2 cents ...
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Originally Posted by pholy
Just because you/we think his mode of expression is obnoxious/overbearing, that doesn't mean his opinions are totally wrong. Richard Stallman comes to mind, and may in fact be the role model he is trying to emulate.
Let him be, and he may learn more effective ways to communicate.
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