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Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off by DoreenMichele on Sunday September 16, 2018 @07:21PM (#18001846)
Let me put this another way:

Abusive people are always, without fail, at their ugliest when there are no witnesses and they have plausible deniability.

I'm aware that dressing someone down in public has its own problems.

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Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off by Dylan16807 on Sunday September 16, 2018 @11:32PM (#18002989)
You're describing a situation where they are behaving this way only when alone with a specific person.

The actual suggestion was for all one on one interaction.

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