People are literally calling it out. Nobody's obsessing. It seems to me that OP feels like he is forced out by this behavior. To be forced out of a project you

People are literally calling it out. Nobody's obsessing. It seems to me that OP feels like he is forced out by this behavior. To be forced out of a project you put your heart and soul into over several years, that can hurt. Also the governance of the project is important if you want to invest in the ecosystem. These are the people who make the decisions for Rust. If you want to rely on Rust, you better trust them to make the right ones, and this here is (ostensibly) a strong example to the contrary.