I do believe that it's still what would today be called exclusive, unwelcoming, in short: "toxic". I don't mind that way of communicating, but I'm also absolut

I do believe that it's still what would today be called exclusive, unwelcoming, in short: "toxic". I don't mind that way of communicating, but I'm also absolutely fine with Linus' style. The comments in defense of this had a bit of a cultish feel ("she has earned the right to talk that way about people!!111"), but I gather that's more because people know her and may consider her a friend, so their perception is changed.