and I truly feel that the lack of being direct is why we have an overwhelming amount of mediocrity

I think you hit the nail in the head with this. This is probably one of the main reasons why everything is garbage in recent years. Post-modernism reigns supreme, every idea is now a "good idea".

Damn, I really hate social snowflakes such as you. Linus was right and he got his point across quickly and without bulshit. The Kernel Maintainer should have known better. Why exactly is this "abuse", because he used a few "naughty" words? Grow up. If you want censorship go back to reddit.