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I wonder why they have mixed feminism on this.

If we look at posts of Linus he is an equal opportunity jerk. He bashes people solely because they have made a bad commit or suggested something absolutely braindead even if they should have known better, regardless of their gender.

You can say he is jerk but you cannot say he is misogynist.

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"Equal opportunity jerk" seems alright at first thought, but when you consider that people of different races/genders have different social standing, it's clear that some people will be disproportionately affected by others being "equal opportunity jerks".

Plus, being an "equal opportunity jerk" is not a good policy at all — it's downright abusive. No one should be verbally berated in public for writing code that's not up to the maintainer's snuff.

> I wonder why they have mixed feminism on this.

It's about pushing a political agenda.

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