it was clearly bad enough for everyone else to decide that they didn't want to put up with him anymore. which is what happens in the real world.

online, everyone considers themselves a public figure. and because we can't seem to get shot of public figures, whether they be rapists, homophobes, or just arseholes, alleged or proven, they believe, logically, you shouldn't be able to be rid of them.

offline, if you have someone who makes your life a misery, you tell them to fuck off.

It didn’t impact me as a user, and I let the maintainers deal with their drama.

was publicly being rude to the point of making other contributors leave (even after being asked to stop) and at least one case of using a slur

they said it themselves in this post

> Yes, I know I am hard to work with. Yes, I know that I pushed certain OSS contributors away.

generally the kind of person that gives open source a bad reputation, you can be critical or anti-social without being an asshole

Pretty much. He said some mean words. The cult of personality around the other maintainer has spun it into something way worse that he someone made other people quit OSS or something. It's hog wash and not backed up by anything.