Well he was a moron. Linus is Linus-kun because often he is right.
Here is more of the exchange for context:
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Umm. Notice how the "Joseph" I replied to had deleted all the comments he wrote?
That should tell you something. I smacked down a troll.
If I was polite to you all those years ago, and I was polite but firm
in the two first responses, please give me credit for when I smack
somebody down. There may be a reason for it. The fact that the person
deleted his messages (or github deleted them for him - I have no idea
what their comment policy is) and you cannot see that context any more
online should not make you think that I suddenly went crazy.
Btw, since I get the github messages in email too, I have a copy.
Joseph replied to those "polite but firm" messages where I explained
exactly why I don't want to bother with github pull requests with
this gem:
"I did not realizes that Linus' shit does not stink. Thanks for
That's our Linus-kun.