Some important context that's missing from your summary (and something I wasn't aware of until I dug into it more) is that the author was a member of Rust's core team [0] and the interim leadership group responsible for designing Rust's new governance structure [1]. They were the one who posted the new RFC on project governance [2].

This isn't a case of one person who was powerless to stop what happened and felt that making a big stink on the internet was the only solution—this was one of the primary decision makers shaping the future of Rust. I think there's a lot of context missing from this blog post about why they felt the need to resign rather than use their position to improve decision making.

For now I'm withholding judgement on who will turn out to be in the right.

[0] Still listed here: https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/core

[1] https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2022/10/06/governance...

[2] https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3392