Speaking for myself here:
I encourage you to run for Steering Council yourself since you seem to want change. We always need more candidates in the pool. I encourage you to read PEP-13 to understand what our role is supposed to be. The current council welcomes constructive feedback on what you think the steering council should and shouldn’t be doing and why. If you believe changes to PEP-13 are warranted, the process for seeking consensus to make that happen is outlined within.
I suspect the only statements likely to be seen circulating in public about this summer’s events such as this short term ban may be dominated by interpretations of a single side. People, regardless of opinion on conduct matters, often feel like they’ll be attacked for speaking up. The chilling effect of a space being perceived as unsafe leaves the majority of voices left in a room to trend towards extremes, instead of accurately reflecting the community’s thoughts as a whole.
I find it best to think of events like this as a workplace HR response. Bystanders do not have all of the information and generally never will for confidentiality reasons.
The “analysis” you link to, at a glance, appears to be conflating past history of contributions with the here and now. Nobody here is claiming past contributions were not valuable. Having done a bunch of useful things in the past does not grant anyone freedom to behave however they want in the future. I believe that’s actually why many perceived it important to do what was done. We try to hold everybody to the same expectations within our community. Regardless of history.