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Maybe it’s more that they hold leadership to a higher standard than the playground bullies in elementary school?

Or maybe they unthinkingly and blindly accept anything negative they hear, regurgitating it with confidence that they could not possibly be mistaken because it confirms their biases and validates their life choices.

HN comments are not indicators of anything close to representing "people" in general.

To your point, comments in any internet community are not such indicators.

Indeed.

My point is whether or not they have a legal case, not if their letter is true or false.

That's funny, because you may very well be wrong on your main point then! I guess the problem starts when you use terms like "protected class" that don't remotely apply; it gives off an ignorant vibe. Meanwhile, employees acting in concert to complain about working conditions are of course protected by the law; Shotwell, Musks little minion, doesn't help the case when she calls it activism.