Did you even read the thread? The concern is not that someone's political or apolitical stance should lead to fewer contributors, but that rails as it stands is inextricably entwined with Basecamp and DHH, and that is untenable for the frameworks health for the long-term, not the short term. it's a call for community governance and guidance.

If anything it praises basecamp and DHH for the wonderful work they've done in service of rails, while also acknowledging that rails as a framework could suffer bad PR if it positions itself as inextricable from its most prominent users who will (as is the way of the world) inevitably suffer some form of negative PR.

It's a call for independence and self reliance as a community, people's political positions be damned.