Disagreement should not be restricted to only those who are willing to stick their neck out and publicly disagree and state their reasons. Imagine this scenari

Disagreement should not be restricted to only those who are willing to stick their neck out and publicly disagree and state their reasons. Imagine this scenario. Linus Torvalds posts an utterly inane pull request. Who is willing to deal with the backlash of "disagreeing with Linus". Sure, many are, but many are not.