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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Thank you for your reply, is quite impressive! I agree with you. Just one thing;

Similarly, the criticisms I’ve seen of them are mainly about their “racist” views, their censorship of others, and their promotion of non-FLOSS software. Some of these are not light accusations, and they have implications for the interpretation of his arguments. For example, are they aiming for FUD for people to trust Linux less? Maybe, but I can’t help but notice that the criticisms levied against them are not directly dealing with the validity of their claims, but rather are about their personal characteristics and their behavior.

The reason why I wrote my first comment is because every time this article appears on the internet there are some people full of anger who spread misinformation about madaidan and/or miss the his point. For instance, some people says that he is racist. While this is a really heavy accusation, it quite obvious he is not. Everyone can easy check whether this is true or not by joining his community - which is only spite, he was never part of the nogoolag -.

Personally, I really like Linux and the ideology behind. I actually think it's important to understand the possible linux's flaws in order to make it better in the future. Being in denial mode is not a good approach in my opinion.

Again, thank you. It's really nice to debate pacifically without involving hate. :)

Edit: he actually was part of nogoolag, my bad here. However, he is not part of the group anymore.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

He was never part of NoGoolag? WTF? He admins that place on Telegram and Matrix. I even have old screenshots before he banned me from those places after getting no reaction to him and his friends' insults towards me.

He and his bunch are typical racists, with those tr***y demon hacker and CCP Pooh stickers all over the place. Not to mention their insults, and their obvious grift regarding privacy topics. He leeches upon moderation voids in communities to springboard himself in communities.