LinuxCon Japan: Making kernel developers less grumpy

Sod the "moral majority". I'm a member of the "don't be horrible to people unless you don't mind the risk of never seeing them again, and driving off observers who see that interaction" majority. I know *I've* been strongly discouraged from ever contributing to the Linux kernel by the high-temperature reception that contributions are all too often met by: I'll do it if necessary, but I'll probably go via someone else to let them face the flames instead of me. And if it's putting off randomly selected white males working for Linux companies it's probably putting off a lot of other people in less fortunate positions.

So what is the point of the above comment, exactly? This is just the sort of thing that kernel developers should avoid. It adds no value to the discussion and turns people off. Listen to alternative ideas. They are often valuable.