The board absolutely did not see this coming, everyone knew there would be some reaction but absolutely nowhere near the level that there was, that should seem

The board absolutely did not see this coming, everyone knew there would be some reaction but absolutely nowhere near the level that there was, that should seem immediately obvious from the reaction. For those closer to the organisation it looks very different, Brendan was already CTO, he was a co founder and very much the 'face' of the company, the community guidelines very much espouse diversity and leaving personal beliefs at the door in the interest of collaboration. In hindsight it was very obviously a mistake, but everything is plain ...