Linky: https://mastodon.social/@torvalds@social.kernel.org/110504868267735370
Respect to Linus for the stance. Bigots have no place in any of my communities either.
@gamingonlinux So, anybody who disagrees with the government on anything should be excluded from society?
Why not exclude the mass murderers of the government from society instead?
@Nobody wat
@Nobody Maybe – just maybe – gaming is talking about actual bigots? I mean, at least give them a chance to say something silly before you lose your chill.
If I say "Nazis, I hate these guys" maybe I'm just a Harrison Ford fan? Or maybe I think everyone who voted for Trump is a Nazi because I like cheap tricks like that kind of hyperbolic rhetoric. See, you don't know until I say something more specific, right?