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Software engineer, Debian developer, and recognized Free/Open Source Software innovator Daniel Pocock scratches the surface on the 2016 explusion of journalist, security researcher, and hacker Jacob Appelbaum from Debian. He asserts that the leadership in Debian at the time falsified evidence and hid conflicts of interest when dealing with the allegations against Appelbaum.
In 2016, there was an enormous amount of noise about Jacob Appelbaum from the Tor Project and winner of the Henri Nannen Prize for journalism.
An anonymous web site had been set up with allegations of harassment, abuse and rape. Unlike the #MeToo movement, which came later, nobody identified themselves and nobody filed a police complaint. It appears that the site was run by people who live in another country and have no daily contact with Appelbaum. Therefore, many people feel this wasn't about justice or immediate threats to their safety.
Long discussions took place in the private mailing lists of many free software communities, including Debian. Personally, as a I focus on my employer, clients and family and as there are so many long email discussions in Debian, I don't follow most of these things. I've come to regret that as it is now clear that at least some claims may have been falsified, a serious injustice has transpired and this could have been easily detected.
I don't wish to discount the experiences of anybody who has been a victim of a crime. However, in the correspondence that was circulated within Debian, the only person who has technically been harassed is Jacob Appelbaum himself. If Appelbaum does have a case to answer then organizations muddying the waters, inventing additional victims, may undermine the stories of real victims.
He then goes on to provide supporting evidence — including what was falsified and how the falsifications were used by the press — and then, from there, used against Appelbaum.
Previously:
(2016) Jacob Appelbaum Leaves the Tor Project
(2014) Hackers Replicate NSA's Leaked Bugging Devices
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Bot on Friday August 28 2020, @01:43PM (2 children)
The problem is always the same. Nobody wants black socialists aka fascists. Progressives declare fascism evil. Applause. Then they reserve to themselves the right to declare whoever a fascist. boom you lost.
Nobody wants to be raped or own offspring object of sexual or violent attention. Progressives declare the COC. Applause. Then they reserve to themselves the right to label whoever a perv given enough testimonies by other progressives. Boom you lost again
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @04:01AM (1 child)
For each of the following add a point to your fascist score:
Nationalistic - flag waving "patriots" are always present in a fascist movement.
Attack immigrants - xenophobia is the domain of the far right, and an essential piece of the fascist ideology.
Authoritarian - fascist plebs are authoritarians who want a strong ruler controlling them. Fascist leaders are authoritarians who want to control others.
Find scapegoats - sometimes immigrants serve this role. Other times, another domestic enemy is invented. And/or, a foreign enemy "causing our problems."
A desire to return to a mythologized past - fascists have a myth of their race/religion/country past and "want to return" to the way things were.
Racism - An ideal of "racial purity" is often present
Masculinism - fascists idolize the strong male. Misogyny is often a feature as well.
Oppose individual freedom - fascists do not like it when an oppressed population protests in the street, and support the crushing of dissent with heavy handed force from the state.
Oppose social welfare for anyone but themselves - a program that provides assistance buying a home for members of the in group is fine, but if extended to people outside those that the fascist identifies as his people, the program must go.
Strongly opposed to socialism, communism, and anarchism - fascism is a far-right movement and diametrically opposed to the left.
People who identify with far right politics always overlap with fascist beliefs. Fascism is of the far right, and right politics is a *requirement* to be a fascist.
You are using the term fascist simply as a slur to mean that you think people with viewpoints that differ from yours are bad. So, what was *your* fascist score?
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(Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday August 30 2020, @10:36PM
>Nationalistic - flag waving "patriots" are always present in a fascist movement.
because fascists demolished local culture to pave the way for nationalism. In fake dichotomy with the internationalists, they pursued a similar goal. Mussolini pushed for the welfare here in Italy. State pensions, plus inheritance shared by all offspring (a law whose origin I dunno but I suspect socialist) helped killed family as a society unit. No. dad mum and kid is NOT a family. It is a cell.
Having said that, I salute the flag which I know being masonic, because I salute THE PEOPLE that flag represents. The more local the people, and by local I mean aligned with the local culture and social objectives, the better.
Attack immigrants - xenophobia is the domain of the far right, and an essential piece of the fascist ideology.
LOL Hitler was an immigrant. Mussolini and Hitler allied after austrians and italians tore themselves to pieces in WWII. Currently fascists attack immigration because they kind of dislike the globalist paradise, and unaligned commies attack immigration for the very same reason, without renouncing one bit of their marxism. We have Diego Fusaro, some commie with a functioning brain will sure be around your neighbourhood too.
Authoritarian - fascist plebs are authoritarians who want a strong ruler controlling them. Fascist leaders are authoritarians who want to control others.
Yeah this is a bit of a problem. They hate democracy because they know plutocracy works better with nobodies elected than with aristocrats. They should push for actual democracy. Decisions taken at local level, technology enabling direct democracy. Some nationalisms for small nations aim to that though. Most of those labeled fascists are invoking the constitution and democracy.
> Find scapegoats - sometimes immigrants serve this role. Other times, another domestic enemy is invented. And/or, a foreign enemy "causing our problems."
The fucking immigrants that overdosed a girl 10 minutes from here and raped an early adolescent 4 minutes from here are not scapegoating anything. They are being used as the new french revolution soldiers. You are either one of them or gonna be dealing with one of them eventually. Good luck.
>A desire to return to a mythologized past - fascists have a myth of their race/religion/country past and "want to return" to the way things were.
Yes, it doesn't entail regaining the territory, unless you are serbian or jew or some other special snowflake.
>Racism - An ideal of "racial purity" is often present
That is (ashke)nazi stuff, which in Fascist Italy was implemented when the war turned nasty and the german ally became an issue.
>Masculinism - fascists idolize the strong male. Misogyny is often a feature as well.
The strong male was needed, and the motherly female too. This is boxing individuality into roles, the definition of SOCIALISM. Then it became a reaction to the feminization of the male and the antinatalism of the progressives.
>Oppose individual freedom - fascists do not like it when an oppressed population protests in the street, and support the crushing of dissent with heavy handed force from the state.
Millions oppressed from the OMS guidelines protested in the street yesterday, the right applaud or participate, the progressives censor. So you picked a nice time to be wrong. SOCIALISM opposes individual freedom, GLOBALISM opposes individual freedom, CAPITALISM opposes individual freedom, MONARCHY opposes individual freedom most religions oppose individual freedom, guy called Christ never opposed individual freedom though.
>Oppose social welfare for anyone but themselves
Utterly wrong, first because it's false, second because you don't get how the control of the state increases with welfare. Your schema, fascist + capitalists against the good guys, is unsustainable historically, get over it guys.
> - a program that provides assistance buying a home for members of the in group is fine, but if extended to people outside those that the fascist identifies as his people, the program must go.
No, those who oppose must go not the program. Fascists expelled enemies. Very cruel until you see what is done by the others.
>Strongly opposed to socialism, communism, and anarchism - fascism is a far-right movement and diametrically opposed to the left.
Because to lead the sheep you need one barking dog on one side, another dog on the other side. Gee, you studied these things in school or what? I live 20 miles from the former iron curtain and I have war memorabilia if I dig holes around. Get more documented about the XX century, then maybe your contribution to the topic will be more significant.
>People who identify with far right politics always overlap with fascist beliefs. Fascism is of the far right, and right politics is a *requirement* to be a fascist.
People who identify with the left always overlap with those who consider the end justifying the means, so enemies of the truth, and interfering with other people freedom of opinion and freedom in general. So what?
You are using the term fascist simply as a slur to mean that you think people with viewpoints that differ from yours are bad. So, what was *your* fascist score?
Fascist is authoritariam socialism in essence. You simply underlined irrelevant cosmetic details. Who are the fascist, those who kill a guy because it was wearing a patriot prayers hat, or those who kill a couple guys who followed hit and threatened him with a gun? or those who crash cars after being circled?
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