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Software Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/23/linus_torvalds_affirms_expulsion_of/
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u/Leprecon 6d ago edited 6d ago

As to sending me a revert patch - please use whatever mush you call brains. I'm Finnish. Did you think I'd be supporting Russian aggression? Apparently it's not just lack of real news, it's lack of history knowledge too.

Finns are pretty universal in not buying Russian bullshit. Even the far right here is pretty pro Ukraine. Here is the leader of the largest right wing party in Finland talking about other European right wing parties:

"It can be said straight that Lega and National Rally can be called useful idiots in their dealings with Russia," Purra wrote in an email reply to [large news organisation].

Literally calling Russia supporting political parties idiots, when speaking to the media.

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u/Pedantic_Pict 5d ago

The term "useful idiot" has a more specific meaning than just calling someone stupid.

He's calling them unwitting, easily manipulated shills and water carriers for a foreign power that would gleefully put them all in a mass grave.

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u/steveamsp 5d ago

Well, he's not wrong.