I don't disagree, but it needs to be communicated upfront and transparent without some guise of it being anything else so that potential contributors can decide if it's right for them from the outset.
Oh and ban anyone that openly disagrees with their values.
This just isn't true. See "Transparency about jonringers suspension"[0] and also notice it's a suspension and not a ban. Note that Jon's post to reddit titled it a "ban".
Which side seems to be trying to stir things up here?
Also, before that discourse post there has always been a public moderation log here:
https://github.com/NixOS/moderation/commit/c0f7744701cba40f0...
0: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/why-was-jon-ringer-banned-from...