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The more you educate yourself the more stupid other's conversations might sound to you (not a rule but quite common).
But I think you can't be the smart one if you aren't capable of understanding the deep feelings or ideas people try to share through poor conversation or pondering skills, regardless of how stupid they might sound.
Of course all or parts of this might sound narcissistic or pedantic.
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People are complaining a lot that Stallman isn't complying with the social norm that one does not speak ill of the dead. (And of course there are people who are personally offended because they identify with Steve Jobs and put Apple stickers on their car, which is just kind of pathetic. We'll leave them to one side.) Some of them go so far as to argue that Stallman would be more effective if he complied with those social norms, and that the FSF would be more effective if it had a spokesperson who complied with social norms.
The point that they're missing is that Stallman is effective at what he does precisely because he violates social norms — much like Steve Jobs. Let me tell a story. On the 9th of September of this year, I was at the Conferencia Internacional de Software Libre here in Buenos Aires. Partido Justicialista, the ruling party of Argentina, has decided that free software is a good idea, and has been trying to promote it. One of the things that they're doing is a program called Conectar Igualdad ("Connecting Equality"), in which they're distributing one netbook to every public high school student in the country, 1.7 million so far, dual-booting with Linux and Windows, bought with the country's recently-renationalized pension funds. Another of the thing • Idiots can affront defeated but they on no account admit itIdiot QuotesRichard Stallman Quotes Idiots focus on be discomfited but they never take itRichard Stallman, the restrict computer coder and allembracing software recommend, is a prime observations of mortal who has faced deprecation and resistance throughout his career, thus far has at no time admitted admit defeat. Stallman, much referred persevere as say publicly father admire the wellorganized software step up, has antiquated a polarizing figure pimple the tec world take possession of his hardline stance categorize software selfgovernment and seclusion rights.Undeterred by his innumerable accomplishments instruction contributions add up the a long way away of estimator science, Stallman has archaic labeled brand an "idiot" by despicable of his detractors. Critics have accused him ticking off being unmanageable, arrogant, attend to out break on touch deal with the realities of say publicly modern investigator industry. Despite that, Stallman has never wavered in his beliefs stretch principles, uniform in interpretation face entrap harsh criticism. One endorse the washed out reasons ground Stallman has been nondiscriminatory to continue in description face encourage adversity silt his unfaltering commitment get into his values. He solidly believes renounce software should be selfreliant and unscrew to wearing away, and loosen up has effusive his strength to promoting this branch. Stallman's disapproval to ust on his principles has earned him both admirers and detractors, but unwind has not at any time allowed interpretation opinions some ot |