--inaccessibe to non-techy users--
I agree with that but the problem is that if you want to make non-tech people understand the whole thing you need two hours and a lot of them still don't get it, non-tech just want a "it just works" box. I do not like that reasoning from them but it's like that.
Also RMS doesn't normally do it in environment which isn't non-techy he goes on campus most of the time.
--authoritarian tendencies--
People manage their project like they wish RMS decided that the gnu project won't go against his principals of the four freedoms and it withstood that promise.
Torvalds does the same btw and I don't blame him for it, I don't agree with cooperating for binary blob insertions but he does a good job managing his project.
--bad public relations--
RMS isn't a PR guy it's not his job.
Also what bad public relations ? RMS is there to promote software freedom not to comply constantly with people who think X subject is more important than software freedom.
Btw his speeches is what convinced me.
You should watch them there's one I help subtitled in French and English (with the help of people)
it's the
Title: Free Software
Date: January 7, 2001
https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/
--really awful logos--
I don't mind the original gnu logo and not all of them are bad.
--dogmatism--
What dogma ? the dogma of not letting black boxes in free software ? or are you meaning something else ?
--pedantry--
I think that's actually very important especially with RMS, there's a lot of people saying bullshit and the only way to clean that is to be the more precise/clear possible.