Seems less about freedom and more about hero worship. Or is the bus factor for Free Software really that low?

No one could possibly disagree with me, they are just afraid of being CaNcElLeD

Very explanatory.

I don’t like cancel-culture, either, but I also dislike hero-worship. If we are sometimes told to “hate the sin and not the sinner”, isn’t it equally as good to love the results of what a person accomplished but not the person?
I think I read his words were twisted, taken out of context anyway, though.