He tried to reason with those people rather than just stating "of f*cking course I don't you presumptive piece of sh*t"
Stallman reasoning with someone would be a welcome change of attitude, but that's not how he ticks. My impression of his style of debating is more Trump compatible: you're fully entitled to your own opinion, as long as it is his. IMHO, that's also why he ended up on the extreme end of the spectrum with his opinions - any reasonable person would realise they may need to adjust, but that's not Stallman. That's why it took so long to get the LGPL in play, and why GPL3 stops companies even considering FOSS - the viral infective nature of it (which is pure Stallman) impaired progress into mainstream IT and pretty much left the door open for proprietary vendors to lock people in.
Microsoft should give him an award. I certainly won't.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
