Don't worry though, he's not writing a three-paragraph rant calling you stupid, he's calling your idea stupid! Why do people take things so personally!?
...big ol' "/s"
Maybe the lkml is not always so bad, but I'd rather not deal with it and so far I have been content playing with my own projects. I feel kind of silly complaining about it when so many people manage it just fine, but then I see another explosion of aggression and drama and think "how are people okay with this?" I can't imagine having to work in an environment like that.
"There's being opinionated, there's being an ass, then there's Linus Torvalds."