I feel like you’re building the argument in a way that’s convenient for yourself there.

I could say the same thing. Several of the following quotes are complete strawmen/misrepresentations of my argument. In fact I’m struggling to figure out how you possibly extrapolated all of what I’m about to quote from what I wrote.

A non-hostile work environment doesn’t mean you won’t get reprimanded

Never said that.

especially when you go out of your way to sabotage somebody.

Never advocated for that or talked about it in any way.

that’s not actually going to stop the conflict because nobody understands or acknowledges where the root of the conflict comes from.

I agree. Solve conflict at the root. Where did I say otherwise?

And Linus is not even hostile here imo.

Ehhh that’s pretty unprofessional and heated. I agree with him, but it is.

I am simply suggesting that if all you do is surround yourselves with people who will never get mad at you for doing the wrong things, and that you will never accept anyone reprimanding you, then you’ve made a bad choice in life.

No one, including me, said that.

And yeah, “thin skinned” is subjective, and I’m not saying that it’s wrong to be thin-skinned. Some people have less capacity to take criticisms for various reasons, and that’s fine. If your colleagues don’t know how to mince their words (and let’s assume the intentions are good here), and you don’t have the right mental capacity to slice through those words yourself, then you can’t work effectively together.

Then what are we discussing here? That is exactly what I am saying.