> What is wrong is thinking that you can throw words and/or people around just because you don't see their faces, don't like how they name the variables, or you think you can say anything because you're a nerd/geek/hacker/whatever and these features or adjectives give you license to push people around.

I don't know what you're talking about. Are you talking about the jerks you encountered in life, or the exchange between the OP and the kernel maintainer? Because I don't see any of that behavior, nor anything that warrants the hostile interpretation I objected to earlier.

Have you actually read the email exchanges in question, or are you taking the OP's claims at face value?

PS: nvm, given your hyperbole at the very beginning ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37677962 ) I probably gave you too much credit for attempting a grounded discussion.