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Why shouldn't someone have an opinion on things? Who are you to tell the parent commenter not to? Linus is the de facto head honcho and enjoys special privileg
by ivraatiems 10y ago
Why shouldn't someone have an opinion on things? Who are you to tell the parent commenter not to?
Linus is the de facto head honcho and enjoys special privilege.
- inimino 10y agoWhen someone has no clue about the motivations or relationships of the people involved, what is the point of expressing an ignorance-based opinion?
- ivraatiems 10y agoIt's a public mailing list. All you have to do is read it. You didn't answer my questions. Plus, you talk about not having standing to express an opinion, but that's precisely what you're doing.
- inimino 10y agoOkay, I'll answer them. > Why shouldn't someone have an opinion on things? The commenter I replied to doesn't know whether kernel devs are paid, thinks this is a case of getting yelled at by your boss, and seems to not understand why people work on the project. Does that answer your question? > Who are you to tell the parent commenter not to? The parent commenter is calling someone "abusive" in a situation that they clearly aren't involved in and seem pretty clueless about. If I suggest they not do that, does it really matter who I am?
- ivraatiems 10y agoSetting aside different definitions of what constitutes abuse, what's wrong with calling out abusive behavior when you see it?
- inimino 10y agoNothing, if you're close enough to the situation to know what's going on. In other cases at best you are adding noise.