How you started completely disqualified whatever the author of the article argues next:
"...The recent fiasco involving Linus Torvalds running Linux like the privileged man that he is and entirely missing the central points of the arguments made by people who don't enjoy his kind of privilege..."
It was his 'privilege' that led to the technical competency of the project that is now enjoyed by many.
Attacking someone's 'privilege' is the lowest form of argument.
"...The recent fiasco involving Linus Torvalds running Linux like the privileged man that he is and entirely missing the central points of the arguments made by people who don't enjoy his kind of privilege..."
It was his 'privilege' that led to the technical competency of the project that is now enjoyed by many.
Attacking someone's 'privilege' is the lowest form of argument.