[cloakandswagger]

I'd say we've pretty much gone full circle.

Suffocating levels of political correctness alongside a self-obsessed victim culture have made a lot of people sympathetic to the trope of the outrageous, out of touch savant.

[throwaway3343]

I admit it's hard to balance the approaches behind "He's just a troubled person," "He's a raving nut," "He's a raving nut, but so what?" and so on.

[drivingmenuts]

> I admit it's hard to balance the approaches behind "He's just a troubled person," "He's a raving nut," "He's a raving nut, but so what?" and so on.

Do you mean Davis or Torvalds?

Frankly, I'd avoid both of them.

[gonzo]

Or Theo DeRaat