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> you fail to represent yourself as a basic human

You sound exactly like the people who condemned Socrates to death 24 centuries ago.

>>enriqu+(OP)
No, they sound like Socrates' friends begging him to properly argue for himself in court, in order to not be condemned and killed.

I don't think Stallman is abrasive out of a sense of respect and duty to the system of public debate.