Trying to Cancel People and Projects That You Don't Like by Changing the Focus to Politics
Don't fall for it
Politics are everywhere and everybody in the world has political opinions; some have more opinions on more issues, but even remote farming communities with neither television nor Internet connection would know a thing or two about politics. In some countries (not all), people can also vote based on their opinions about politics.
The person who started GNU/Linux openly and publicly writes about politics every day, not just linking to political news but expressing his own personal views.
Over the years we showed how companies play politics for financial gain and we too have political orientation, though we try to keep it limited or 'relegated' to Daily Links because our messages about technology ought not be clouded by divisive, partisan politics. It's widely understood that privacy, for instance, is desirable to all political camps. It's a political issue, sure, but it ought not be turned into a political football of sorts.
When folks like Richard Stallman are targeted by 'cancel mobs' for some particular (cherry-picked carefully) opinion/s on politics it is meant to distract from his work and contributions in the technical realm. Bear in mind not only Dr. Stallman gets subjected to these tactics. To us, reducing a focus on politics - except for point-making by example/s - is the most desirable path ahead. In many contexts, politics are not inevitable, except the 'politics' of social interaction. █
"Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone."
-Richard Stallman