I've always liked Drew, but I must admit these articles are wearing me down.<p>The tech-capable, opinionated Drew of yore is being eaten by the hyper-online new Drew, who seems to be perpetually caught up in some social media outrage or another. Neat blog posts about OSdev and compilers have given way to armchair psychology about celebrities, animated by Mastodon-based arguments that fundamentally make no sense - and are of no interest - to anyone not on social media.<p>Is Stallman neurodivergent? (1) You're not even remotely equipped to answer this question, Drew, and (2) in what way does this matter? In as far as Stallman says stupid nonsense about consent, he is wrong. People express stupid opinions all the time.<p>Were someone to defend Stallman's stupid opinions because he is claimed to be neurodivergent, this is irrelevant, his opinions remain bad. It's important to remain compassionate to people with bad opinions, no matter their origin, but this does not extend to any level of acceptance or approval of said opinions.<p>Were Stallman to do something illegal, and were someone to defend it because he is claimed to be neurodivergent, this is likewise irrelevant, in as far as 'neurodivergence' is not generally sufficient to constitute a criminal defence of mental illness in most jurisdictions. Particularly when the diagnosing physician is... blogs?<p>Absolutely none of this debate is meaningful. None of this is effecting meaningful social or political change. None of this is making the world a better place. The vast majority of the world does not know or care what Mastodon discusses, and the only outcomes of said discussion are anger and sadness amongst the participants, and the diversion of focus and energy that could have been used for - say - volunteering, or actual meaningful social advocacy.