[Meme] Conducting Smear Campaigns That Bypass or Distract From the Real Issues at Hand

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 20, 2024,
updated Oct 20, 2024

Related: When the So-called 'Cancel Culture' Sees Everything in Free Software Through the Scopes of 'Sex' (Because It Cannot Argue on Technical or Legal Grounds)

Beware the change of topics (typically to women, sex, smell etc.)

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