Torvalds Uses Profanity To Lambaste Romney Remarks

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Torvalds Uses Profanity To Lambaste Romney Remarks

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 26, 2012 @11:48AM from the can't-we-all-just-get-along? dept.

netbuzz writes "Last night Linux creator Linus Torvalds took to his Google+ page and called Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney 'a f***ing moron.' Torvalds' stated reason? Romney's much-ridiculed suggestion that air passengers would be safer in emergencies if aircraft windows could be opened (a suggestion which some, including Snopes.com, have taken as a joke). Torvalds also recently called Mormonism, Romney's religion, 'bats**t crazy.' Is this just Linus being Linus? Or does such outspokenness on non-technical matters reflect poorly on the Linux community that Torvalds leads?"

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We survived Erik Raymond- we'll survive Linus by bird · 2012-09-26 11:55 · Score: 3, Funny

EOM
Re:Listening to the video by MrEricSir · 2012-09-26 11:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Romneybot isn't programmed for the emotion known as "humor."

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Re:Listening to the video by Darinbob · 2012-09-26 12:27 · Score: 4, Funny

Nonsense. He took lessons in standup from Al Gore.
Re:reflects well by SolitaryMan · 2012-09-26 12:37 · Score: 5, Funny

You should work as a PR spokesperson for some politician or something :)

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Re:My 2 cents by poly_pusher · 2012-09-26 12:41 · Score: 3, Funny

You misspelled Mormon...
Re:Seriously by SolitaryMan · 2012-09-26 12:43 · Score: 4, Funny

Or fucking [a] mor[m]on, i.e. just pointing out that Romney has a healthy sexual relationships with his wife, who is also a mormon. SImple mistake.

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Re:idiotic politically correct fears indeed by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-26 12:47 · Score: 5, Funny

No, UnixWare servers.
I'm Confused... by RobotRunAmok · 2012-09-26 13:35 · Score: 5, Funny

...when you say "cult," are you referring to Mormonism or Linux?
1. Re:I'm Confused... by Stormthirst · 2012-09-26 13:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Yes
Re:idiotic politically correct fears indeed by Alien+Being · 2012-09-26 14:20 · Score: 4, Funny

BTW, Mr. Stupid is getting rather annoyed and wishes that Muhammad would stop fucking him.
Re:Come on Slashdot, seriously? by kerohazel · 2012-09-26 14:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Weird, I was seeing something different:
'fhunter2ing moron' and 'batshunter2t crazy'

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Re:reflects well by mrbcs · 2012-09-26 15:08 · Score: 5, Funny

Well, the mormon angels name was Moroni.
Mormons are here to make scientology look credible. You want to see bat-shit crazy, just research some Mormon stuff. From baptizing dead jews to getting their own planets, they have some crazy stuff going on in there.
Mormonism vs Christianity http://mormoninfo.org/
The best gag was from a comic when Bush was still in office. The comic was asked what he thought about a Mormon president. After a pause, he shrugged meh, what's one letter?

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Re:Listening to the video by Black+Parrot · 2012-09-26 15:40 · Score: 4, Funny

A Republican gaffe is when they state their party platform in public.
You got that right. 98% of the Republican party's difficulties come from the fact that they have to pretend they're about something other than plutocracy.
Sigh... If I was clever I would have said "99%".

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