was publicly being rude to the point of making other contributors leave (even after being asked to stop) and at least one case of using a slur

they said it themselves in this post

> Yes, I know I am hard to work with. Yes, I know that I pushed certain OSS contributors away.

generally the kind of person that gives open source a bad reputation, you can be critical or anti-social without being an asshole

what about linus torvalds