There is a big difference between what you communicate broadly as a public figure and random comments under a throwaway. Linus has said many attacking things p

There is a big difference between what you communicate broadly as a public figure and random comments under a throwaway. Linus has said many attacking things publicly under a position of authority. What I say here bears no weight because if what I say is disliked I am simply downvoted and dismissed. I disagree that being offensive solves anything. I am fine ( as you've pointed out ) with being extremely offensive and attacking the shit out of anyone I see fit, but I don't think it is particularly effective or a quality trait. Anytime you say things in an offensive way, you are intentionally being hurtful. This is not a good thing, and I don't think is justifiable. My doing it in no way makes it right, nor invalidates my judgement of those who make similar statements to a broad audience. Consider the effect of me ranting here. No one is going to go: "Wow I'd better pay attention to what permille42 says he is an expert. He must be attacking people for a good reason." Nope. Anytime I rant most readers will just immediately dismiss everything I said, mostly because my tone tends to be so aggressive. I don't think such people are wrong to dismiss as such aggressive statements do tend to be from people who are offbase and don't know what they are talking about...