On kernel mailing list behavior [LWN.net]

On kernel mailing list behavior

Posted Jul 19, 2013 14:45 UTC (Fri) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: On kernel mailing list behavior by petkan
Parent article: On kernel mailing list behavior

I must say this comment demonstrates what's wrong with some men, certainly. One can disagree with Sarah's point of view without pulling in a bunch of sexist nonsense. No more of that here, please.

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On kernel mailing list behavior

Posted Jul 20, 2013 11:21 UTC (Sat) by petkan (subscriber, #54713) [Link] (1 responses)

Don't worry, Jon, i made my point already. However, your reaction reminds me why i left the US and why i don't like living there. ;)

On kernel mailing list behavior

Posted Jul 22, 2013 0:09 UTC (Mon) by lacos (guest, #70616) [Link]

Oh it's very convenient to chalk up Jon's response to US culture. Your ridiculously "butch" comment was not one bit more welcomed by this male reader from Central Europe.

Reasoning for basic human dignity is clearly an uphill battle when not even

USB XHCI DRIVER
M: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@linux.intel.com>
L: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
S: Supported
F: drivers/usb/host/xhci*
F: drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks*

suffices for people like you not to call another person "some skirt".

> something that works just fine for most of us

Y'all simply don't know about most of those for whom this attitude doesn't work. Of course you don't care, but that doesn't make this argument any less invalid. You're only saying "people who put up with the abuse (or don't perceive it as such) put up with it (or don't perceive it as such)".