For sure. Let's judge the entire community based on one incident from one person.
Hey you know I did my last (happens to also be my first) OSS in 2002. The abuse I got for my efforts was insane. This is just another example that fits right into my (personal, for sure) view of the community as a whole. I also understand that bad news travels, and good news is just the status quo so you don't hear about it. Such is life.
The HN community also has its issues, it would seem.
This one person/case is not representative of the Python community as a whole.