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Re:Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for... by ams6110 on Monday January 22, 2018 @08:52AM (#16204289)
> Bullies are violent for no reason, for the pleasure of it.

Not quite. Bullying is continuing targeted agression for the purpose of demeaning another person and getting power over them.

A one-off diatribe, blunt or even mean-spirited statement, by itself, is not bullying. A person can be an ass without being a bully.

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Re:Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for... by dschuetz on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:46AM (#16204674)
If that is true then Linus is a wrong bully. I haven't seen him continuously targeting other people personally to make them look weak. He criticizes other people's bad decision making or bad judgement, not their persona! There is a clear difference here!

But I get the point that there's more to actual bullying than I initially stated, thanks for clarifying that.

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