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this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2026
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I found out about the rightwing / misogynist strain of FOSS mostly via the furore over RMS defending Minsky from Epstein allegations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond#Political_beliefs_and_activism
nice find there:
Oh I saw that name before - https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/contra-ptaceks-terrible-article-on-ai/
i was aware of "left-wing but rancid about women" as a common political perspective in techy fields, but I wasn't aware of many out and out right-wingers in the FOSS world specifically (beyond the odd TempleOS type kook).