So in your view Linus should be allowed to do what he does?

"Allowed?" As if we actually have that kind of choice. If anyone has that big of a problem with his management of the project, then fork it and run a "kinder gentler linux" with 'codes of conduct' and 'disciplinary committees' and all the rest of the institutional policy machine if you like. You're free to do so.

I Laugh when he goes off on rants, but I do think it hurts Linux and the perception of men in IT to have people like that going around.

That's a confusing statement. So you find them amusing, but you think it's harmful? Do you think it's indicative of any actual harm, or are you simply worried that other people are too prejudiced to truly study and understand the situation and will simply perceive it as negative behavior?

If it's the former, then I don't know how you could laugh it off. If it's the latter, then I don't know how you could ask a question like 'should he be "allowed" to do this?'

Personally, and this is no shot at you, but I think it's just the cause du jour to take pot shots at Linus' temperament outside the LKML. This seems to be a part of the new Silicon Valley culture of "cultural virtue signalling" that's been building the past few years in response to a few bad actors in the valley.