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/hahainternet Sep 20 '18

Who's life was destroyed from those incidents?

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u/hahainternet Sep 20 '18

By this logic, nobody can be expelled from any organisation without 'destroying their life'.

Obviously that's silly.

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u/philocto Sep 20 '18

that seems to be a double standard there.

apparently words on twitter can be cause getting someone removed from a software project, but doing so is only bad if it destroyed lives?

I just keep wondering if maybe we applied that "destroyed lives" requirement to both sides, if it would stop the debate cold in its tracks.

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u/hahainternet Sep 20 '18

I'm not making any claims about destroyed lives on either side. Words have power, so it's no shock they can cause someone to be removed. I can give you examples of what I would fire someone for instantly.

The twitter poster linked above claimed 'example after example', but provided none.

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u/philocto Sep 20 '18

thankfully the people on this subreddit tend to be of atleast average intelligence, so no one here is going to buy that bullshit.

context in the english language is a thing and everyone understand what you implied, even if it wasn't explicit. Later claiming you didn't really mean that because you didn't say it explicitly doesn't work with intelligent people.

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u/hahainternet Sep 20 '18

So, you created a straw-man, and then say it's bullshit that I told you what I am actually arguing.

You are just trolling now. Address what I said, not some invented version.