Not "it's been like this" -- he, a human person, has been like this. In fact he's been voluntarily blogging his political thoughts for decades (which, again, in 2019 is an incredibly dangerous thing to do).

So the question is this: if he's had his outspoken opinions on controversial topics for decades, there's no evidence of his opinions actually causing any real tangible harm, and under his tenure the FSF has been a runaway success -- why is it an issue now?

> What I do know is that "It's been like this for decades" is never an appropriate defense.

You know what?

He got better with time, given where he came from.

So he's still better than the majority of puppets lurking in his background to find something to use against him.

For example: he never threatened anybody nor accused anybody falsely nor asked for somebody to be "removed".