That's incorrect, there are many people who can and do vigorously support free software but because of RMS they are not able to get a seat at the table (or don't want it, because of RMS's well-known bad behavior).
Remove one person and you open the door to many other equally or more capable people.
> The socialist collective angry bullshit will go on rising from the dead. > Richard Stallman executed a truly extraordinary feat that has never been accomplished by anyone before. > Christopher Dimech > General Administrator - Naiad Informatics - GNU Project (Geocomputation)
You are definitely right, even aside from RMS's personal conduct, the level of personal worship around him is extremely concerning and unhealthy. Its understandable that they want to keep their distance from many of the more corporate-aligned people, but this kind of focus on RMS is just too far. His "St. Ignucius" routine, business card that would not be acceptable in literally any other professional setting, and absurd speaking contract thing all show how this has been enabled for far too long.