I feel people confuse being blunt with being rude. "This patch is crap. Stupid this silly that, and how many times have I said you can't break userland." vs.

I feel people confuse being blunt with being rude. "This patch is crap. Stupid this silly that, and how many times have I said you can't break userland." vs. "I won't accept this patch as-is, or possibly at all. It has the following problems [...] and I don't feel you respect userland stability enough." I really don't see how the second version compromises on the clarity or kernel quality.