John Marino was the specific latest incident I was thinking of. From my read of all the matterials made public someone accussed him, the project took that persons side and removed John's permissions when he asked for clarification and example of what he did wrong, and clarification was basically "you know what you did, you were told". Now that's a simplification.
From the outside, the situation seem akin to your telling someone to stop being an asshat later in this thread...change asshat to "girlie" and it would be a entire different kettle of fish, except apparently you wrote the rule so it's ok
He had due process and recourse. There were extensive discussions, back and forth, with everybody involved over a period of weeks. This is clear from the public information, as well as my inside knowledge. However, in the end he chose to paint himself as a victim in public. That's his right, I suppose, but isn't a true reflection of what happened.
Marino is overly argumentative to begin with. Also, I don't think he's a victim.
I interpreted it as, don't be an asshat, or don't behave like an asshat.Calling someone an asshat is rude and insensitive. True. Fully cop to that. However, 'asshat' doesn't have the same connotations as other things do, so let's not create a false moral equivalency to justify being upset at some hypocrisy that doesn't exist.