Insults drive people who can't handle them away. By experience, those people will worry about meaningless things and make a fuss about nothing. Insults are a filter, just deal with it. If you don't like someone because they talk harshly just don't deal with them, you're free to do as you please.
Really? Blunt criticism is fine with me (welcome, even!), but insults are completely unacceptable. Insults are disrespectful and create a hostile environment. It sucks when you have to deal with a hostile environment and we should try to avoid creating one rather than telling people to deal with it. Just look at all the recent discussions on women in tech.
My thoughts exactly. I'm so annoyed by these form over content discussions. Look, people, Linus gave us Linux, he's shown he is incredibly selfless through his actions, and you're judging him for his words?!?
Sure. But some actions have more weight than others. Who is a more moral person, a nice guy who speeds on the highway, or a murderer who drives by the limits? Are you gonna judge someone who says he loves women, but kills them during the night, by his actions or by his words?
The "nice guy" who speeds does so in reckless disregard for the fact that his speeding can easily cause an accident that could kill people (depending on how fast he's going, obviously). Cars are freaking dangerous.
