Ask him what he thinks of William Wallace (Character portrayed in Braveheart). Does he see himself as someone who wanted to be just an average farmer, but got pulled into something bigger and more important because his conscience would not let him ignore what was going on? Or was he always scrapping for a fight and the free software issue seemed to suit him well.
My guess is that it's the latter, but he is only capable of seeing himself as the
former.
And the response from RMS:
"This is hostile. Who wrote this? Fuck him."