Makes me want to distance myself from ever delving into the language knowing this is the drama the culture is engaging in.
Dramas in Python and C++ communities also had similar side effects on the people that were involved, and withdraw their contributions.
There's really no way around it, any big project is going to have some amount of drama. Good projects find a way to manage it and make corrections to keep the project on track, but conflict and dysfunction can't be entirely avoided.
Surprised I didn't see more in Java over the decades but I suspect that's because those old Sun/Oracle guys would prefer to go fishing than argue about who is more woke or whose agenda is more insidious.
You're very naive if you think at a place like Oracle there's no conflict, rivalries, and bitter arguments.
At my previous job we had enough drama that the police showed up at the office. Over a year we had screaming, insults, people climbing on the desk and throwing a monitor, and people in management getting into a serious fist fight with a broken nose. Plus a colorful employee who couldn't get his mind out of the gutter and apparently corporate property theft.
That was one surreal year, I've got to say, after which I changed jobs.
Only none of that happened on a public mailing list, so the only place where you'll hear even a hint of that is here from me.
You're literally victim blaming here.
No. Not with him in particular at least. I have bone to pick with people not applying Hanlon's razor, and attributing various fun conspiracies to people and spreading via social media.
And he might not be the exact originator, but he is now the main propagator of it.
In any case time will tell.