I'm not implying an effort to prevent GvR from stepping down, but I don't think the lack of public consideration among core devs on why this happened is healthy either.
Even if infuriating jerks are 0.1% of the population, when your language has hundreds of thousands of users, you are going to deal with a lot of jerks. Frankly, I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did without going mad or something. I would not wish for any of my friends to be subjected to that kind of attention.
We were very lucky to have him leading the project for so long. Python will survive without a BDFL and I hope he enjoys the vacation.
It's kind of cold to me, but I know this field is not filled with the emotional types...