> I didn’t realize that saying “kill all men” was attempting to foster a useful discussion.

It's not. It's meant signal membership in a group and piss other people off (and show you don't care you did it).

> In fact, I’d say there’s nothing constructive about saying that even if you know the context.

The "context" is just an attempt to delegitimize the people who find the statement objectionable.

Right. I don't think that "kill all men" should be taken very seriously and I'll go for it not being as bad as (say) "kill all Jews" for historical reasons. The weird thing is that there's a huge gap between it not being "that bad" and it being no obstacle at all to a leadership position in the community, especially given the Rust community's infamous obsession with language (can't say "thanks guys", can't say "bad style"). The optics on this are really bad.