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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
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    > You are asking for the power to silence criticism.  That is not
    > freedom, that is a power.

    He is asking for the freedom to not be JUDGED based on the toolset
    that he prefers to use.

He is not entitled to control how others judge him.  Nobody is
entitled to that.  The "freedom not to be judged" would mean the power
to shut off debate about your actions.