Considering the amounts of unnecessary bullshit and aggression that core devs face on a regular basis, I'm not surprised none of them want to be associated to anything remotely controversial anymore. 

Toxic maxi culture has become a caricature of itself. It's not an immune system, it's become an auto immune disease 

 yes-it's really "damned if you do, damned if you don't"
i'd agree it's not an ideal situation, but unlikely to be changed by angry rants