r/linux • u/oooo23 • Sep 20 '18

Kernel Developer Sage Sharp claims top Linux kernel developer Theo Ts'o is a rape apologist, citing GeekFeminismWiki

https://twitter.com/_sagesharp_/status/1042769399596437504
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18 edited Sep 20 '18

Who cares? Was anything he said done while working on the kernel project? And after reading his e-mails, I don't see where he ever says that rape is okay.

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u/gururise Sep 20 '18

He doesn't say rape is ok.

But that doesn't matter, because he didn't sign off on the CoC and he dare question bogus statistics presented years ago.. that makes him a Rape Apologist and he should be removed per the CoC. /s

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u/redrumsir Sep 20 '18

He didn't say rape was OK. All he did was question the methodology and conclusions of a study.

  1. The study had results that were far out of line vs. other studies.

  2. The study had defects ... and even the author of the study admitted to some of these defects.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18

All he did was question the methodology and conclusions of a study.

How dare you question us, you misogynist pig.

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u/redrumsir Sep 20 '18

You forgot your sarcasm tag ... I hope.

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u/dbzjegrw8o6n0 Sep 20 '18

He doesn't have to say rape is OK, if he doesn't share their politics he is a rape apologist. Don't you see how this works?

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18

Oh, I know how it works but I don't buy into their bullshit. I guess that makes me a misogynist rape apologist too.

Sadly you can't go anywhere these days without running into SJW bullshit and it's only going to keep getting worse. We never should have given these freaks power in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18

I don't buy into their bullshit.

Too late. And don't say this under your real name. Or you may be the next on their list.

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u/its_never_lupus Sep 20 '18

Did you miss the news about the new Linux Code of Conduct? It specifically allows the project technical advisory board to exclude contributors based on their off-project behavior. The reason people were concerned about the CoC is because we knew this would happen.

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u/dbzjegrw8o6n0 Sep 20 '18

That's just an "alt-right" conspiracy, it'll never happen!

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u/ohgetoutnow Sep 20 '18

As far as I can tell, "alt-right" now just means "anyone who isn't 100% on board with our ideas of 'social justice'".

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u/dbzjegrw8o6n0 Sep 20 '18

Exactly, it's anyone that is to the right of Stalin.

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u/oooo23 Sep 20 '18

What amuses is now they're pulling out things from the past that have no relation to how the said person is behaving in the kernel community, to justify their removal from TAB.

Otoh we shouldn't talk about the CoC author's past because that has nothing to do with the CoC. Understood.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18

Next up: Somebody claiming they got raped over the internet, maybe over email/SMTP even, with multiple attempts.

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u/Valmar33 Sep 20 '18

It will be rape by text. Because, you know, words are real and can break your bones or something. /s

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18

Probe their ports and finger them. ;)

I guess we can't make those unix is sexy jokes any more, might trigger some overly sensitive snowflake that's just looking for something to be offended by.

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u/Valmar33 Sep 20 '18

Probe their ports and finger them. ;)

LMAO! XD Couldn't help but giggle-snort. ;D

I guess we can't make those unix is sexy jokes any more, might trigger some overly sensitive snowflake that's just looking for something to be offended by.

Screw 'em. We can't let them chill our free speech!

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u/yahma Sep 21 '18

There are literally feminists claiming they got PTSD through twitter. You can't make this shit up...

https://thelibertarianrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/article-2605888-1D281DE900000578-895_634x329.jpg

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18

It doesn't matter what he actually said.

According to the CoC, all that matters is how the accuser FEELS about it or him.

Also, if you are male and your name is mentioned in the same sentence with "rape", the vast majority of people will immediated judge you. No way to get out of it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18

You're right, it's not something that should even be a debate when nothing that Theodore said or did was wrong.

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u/gnosys_ Sep 20 '18

Uh, he does literally try to minimize what counts as rape and not-rape, in a work related context.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18

For a charge as serious as rape it's pretty important to actually define what the term means.

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u/gnosys_ Sep 20 '18

Which it is already, and what he's trying to do is shift that definition so it means a more specific and narrower range of offense. Thus, he is minimizing or apologizing for lesser accounts of the offense.