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Let me just see if I understand your position - verbal abuse is acceptable so long as both the speaker and the target identify as the same gender?



I said:

"Linus has made demeaning, sexist remarks to a woman to lower her self-worth and value, in a way worse than (or even similar to) "whiny little bitch" ? Please provide sources, I'm genuinely interested."

And you responded:

"You really need a link to Torvalds abusing people? Here's kernel dev Sarah Sharp https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/linus...

But you did not actually present evidence of the claim. That it comes from (a female) Sarah Sharp doesn't add anything to your position.

On the other hand, in my GP comment i include direct sources to supposed receivers of abuse that Sarah is referencing. The supposed receivers comment that they do not consider it abuse and find the language helpful and productive.

See the difference? I provided relevant evidence and your link did not address the claim.


You're asserting that some abuse is OK, praiseworthy even, and some is not, and positioning yourself to make that judgement on behalf of the community . I'm asserting that none is. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.


I am not asserting that at all! I'm saying two things and two things only:

1) you did not show any evidence of abuse directed towards women, as first claimed.

2) the supposed victims of Linus' abuse claim they were not abused. Who is Sarah to decide for them that they were abused?




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