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More helpful would be if both lists highlighted people who actually worked closely with RMS / occupied official positions within FSF / GNU / etc.

For example, I will absolutely defer to Matthew Garrett and Benjamin Mako Hill and Bradley Kuhn over... uh, "agentOfChaos."

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Well. I would absolutely defer to Eric S. Raymond over... uh, "Z" (signature number 2771 right now).

I have no idea who "Z" is, but I would do the exact opposite.

At this point I would not even defer to ESR over an issue concerning gun polyamory.

Perhaps most people realize that attaching their real name to supporting RMS puts them at risk, while there is little to no risk behind the opposite?

Nah, the support letter was drafted in 4chan (I saw early drafts of it in /g/) and promoted in 4chan. It's gotten a bit more support elsewhere now, but it's a 4chan-led initiative, hence why it's signed by a bunch of nobodies (anons, as they prefer to be called).

You keep saying this but provide no proof. Could you please do so so it adds more to the discussion than just hearsay?

It's 4chan, sources don't stay up very long nor do they get archived by archive.org

But if you go to /g/ now, you'll see plenty of activity around this letter.

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