On kernel mailing list behavior

I've been plenty of places were being polite to somebody is actually a insult. It's a sign of friendship and trust that you can call somebody a "fucking piece of shit" and call you out strongly when they think you are doing something stupid. Being polite in these situations is actually a sign that they are probably really pissed off with you and/or are suspicious of you.

A lot of people come from a very privileged and polite society and can't understand why everybody can't be nice like them. When they go out of their wall to call people out on their behavior publicly and try to force changes in behavior to match what they are used to in their specific cultural context they are actually being the ones being offensive and intolerant.