[malicka]

You can be Dr. House MD only when you have the rep and skills of Dr. House MD. I think Linus definitely cleared that threshold.

[Conan_Kudo]

Linus got counseling to get better at communication. Even he recognized that was bad. Don't use him as an example to accept bad people.

[rtaylorgarlock]

Boy i wish that principle held up in real medicine and other parts of life; "rep and skills" may in some ways equal power, but that false equivalency is how problematic behavior is excused in unfit individuals.