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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by Crespyl on Friday January 26, 2018 @11:34AM (#16240454)
By some marvel, Linus manages to avoid the language of "people who are X should be fired".

There's a distinction between saying unflattering things about people who do unflattering things (like submit broken or low quality code) and making hostile statements about people who simply have some physical attribute.

Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by davidsong on Friday January 26, 2018 @11:57AM (#16240703)
When low intelligence becomes a protected trait all Linus's rants about morons and idiots will be seen in a much harsher light.
Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by coredog64 on Friday January 26, 2018 @12:35PM (#16241050)
In the Air Force, this was explained as follows. It is wrong to say that a person is an idiot. It is okay to describe behavior as idiotic.