Thinking a lot about Lundy Bancroft's "Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men" today, especially: "If we want abusers to change, we will have to require them to give up the luxury of exploitation."
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In Linus' apology he tries to spin his past abusive behavior as a function of his "not understanding emotions." I think this is horseshit. Abusive behavior is a choice, and one that he’s been making for years. What Bancroft calls "the luxury of exploitation" is the core of abuse.
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Like really, can I make the case more than Linus does himself in this quote from CATB: "I'm basically a very lazy person who likes to get credit for things other people actually do."
https://books.google.com/books?id=W2t2d2KP6HsC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=%E2%80%9CI%E2%80%99m+basically+a+very+lazy+person+who+likes+to+get+credit+for+things+other+people+actually+do.%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=iwRyChdyZb&sig=UYquLD0p2JgxHCQDIzdhPzfMvYI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiq7KKe8MPdAhWLKHwKHR2UDmYQ6AEwCnoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CI%E2%80%99m%20basically%20a%20very%20lazy%20person%20who%20likes%20to%20get%20credit%20for%20things%20other%20people%20actually%20do.%E2%80%9D&f=false …3 replies 3 retweets 43 likesShow this thread -
Leigh Honeywell Retweeted Noam Cohen
Hey remember three days ago when folks were suggesting that maybe Linus’s “apology” was insincere and part of an effort to head off an imminent exposé? Welp:https://twitter.com/noamcohen/status/1042540518582968320 …
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Noam Cohen @noamcohenI’ve been reporting on the abusive culture at Linux over the last couple of months -- on Sunday, Linus Torvalds said he was taking a break to get help. My article@Newyorker, w/@vaurorapub,@_sagesharp_,@MeganSquire0,@gvanrossum,@mariatta. https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/after-years-of-abusive-e-mails-the-creator-of-linux-steps-aside …4 replies 32 retweets 69 likesShow this thread -
Leigh Honeywell Retweeted Matthew Garrett
I don’t even know what to caption this with aside from “yikes”https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/1042597413628723202 …
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In which Val makes a compelling case that there are further shoes to drop wrt the Linux Foundation: https://twitter.com/vaurorapub/status/1042852203264798720 …
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Replying to @hypatiadotca
I think at this point we have learned there are *always* other shoes to drop.
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