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He explicitly says the opposite of that in his post , "This is the first time I've heard about the death threats he has been receiving. Nobody deserves such thr
by jiggy2011 12y ago
He explicitly says the opposite of that in his post , "This is the first time I've heard about the death threats he has been receiving. Nobody deserves such threats. The internet is filled with such vile low lifes. I condemn all such threats.".
I think the post is meant to defend Linus who is presumably not sending such threats.
- ben0x539 12y agoYes, he makes sure to condemn all such threats, but then he goes on to put the blame with them on Poettering. He doesn't say "Nobody deserves such threats, I condemn all such threats, and I stand with Poettering against them even tho i profesionally disagree with the guy", he basically says "maybe don't piss people off if you can't handle the abuse".
- jiggy2011 12y agoIt seems like he is trying to separate the issues. Perhaps he believes that whatever criticism Lennart received from Linus is justified but that the abuse from anonymous trolls is not.
- MrScruff 12y agoPerhaps he's not, but he certainly can't escape any blame if he writes things such as: '...should be retroactively aborted. Who the f*ck does idiotic things like that? How did they not die as babies, considering that they were likely too stupid to find a tit to suck on?' or stating he hoped ARM system-on-chip (SoC) developers would "all die in some incredibly painful accident." A good rule when communicating online is not to write anything you wouldn't say to someone's face.