Instead of framing it as "that project is objectively bad, my one is better", why not say "my project is a fork of this project but with a bit less unsafe" and

Instead of framing it as "that project is objectively bad, my one is better", why not say "my project is a fork of this project but with a bit less unsafe" and then see what the community does? Forking isn't provocative. Forking and then claiming your fork is objectively superior is.