If he's not interested in converting these people then can I suggest going to a conference full of them might be a waste of his and everyone else's time?
We're debating his ideas. In the off moments we're not arguing about his fashion choices and lack of social decorum.
Who else do you know is so singularly identified with such a well defined principled point of view (whether you agree or disagree)? Paul Grugman, Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges, George Carlin?
Being associated with an idea doesn't mean that you're doing anything for adoption of the idea.
In the UK David Ike is strongly associated with believing the royal family are lizard people but it's doing nothing to get his views any real traction.
I'd almost argue the opposite. By being so intransigent and operating outside many social norms, I think you could make a case that Stallman damages how his views are percieved.
