The vast majority of the reactions from Rust devs to that article - from core language people to random devs like myself - is general agreement. It's understandable why the overzealous-Rust-dev stereotype exists, but I would feel comfortable saying it's really not on display for this saga.
The article was incredibly well written and composed, and if you[0] haven't read it, I highly encourage doing so. I really hope it helps push for improvements at all ends of the spectrum.
Man for a second I thought Rust community is so zealous that they call a criticizing article "threat".