What's tiresome is that whenever a controversy in the kernel comes up, no matter how justified or not, the same thing happens.

The usual suspects (including people involved in a 'certain' very toxic linux distro) delete all nuance and start touting the same deeply insulting stereotype about kernel maintainers that you tiresomely hear over + over again.

"They're all horrible toxic megalomaniacal dickheads who won't change because they're too old [bit of ageism in there for fun] and stuck in their ways"

People who know nothing about the kernel love this as it fuels the typical us vs. them narrative that people get off on.

No greys, just black and white, shining knights on one side, awful dragon on the other.

And then it fades and quietens down and these same people go quiet.

And then, loop around...

If people would actually engage in a good faith, sensible discussion, listening to each other, we might make some progress.

I get less and less interested, frankly, in bothering to engage on these things because you know. It's not honest is it?