I almost always find myself agreeing with Linus (I don't super agree with his thoughts on debuggers, but I can see the merits), but I think you can be skeptical about technology (OOP, C++, exceptions, debuggers) without declaring to the world you have no empathy for other humans. I'm glad to see Linus taking stock of his behavior and starting to consider how he makes others feel. I think that's really hard for anyone to do, but especially someone who's been as successful as he has been. It's a huge personal leap, and I think we should be proud of him.