I wasn't there, but I don't think they were requesting his resignation based on his questioning of the Code of Conduct. From the sound of things, they had calle

I wasn't there, but I don't think they were requesting his resignation based on his questioning of the Code of Conduct. From the sound of things, they had called him on several CoC violations over an extended period of time. The community response was to let him off with a warning, maybe? Not sure what actions were taken to address people's concerns. @rvagg's response was to openly mock the idea of a Code of Conduct. So then not only was he potentially getting away with violating the CoC, he was publicly mocking the whole system with impunity. "Free Speech" grants us (American Citizens) the right to say (mostly) whatever we want without fear of breaking the law. No one is accusing him of breaking the law. No one is trampling anyone's freedom of speech.