(While I don't have particular admiration for Gavin and Mike, I do think that Blockstream are the bad guys in this war. They have been using every dirty trick to preserve their control of the protocol -- from FUD, DDoS of XT sites, and censorship of /r/bitcoin, to posting anti-XT messages on /r/buttcoin while pretending to be legitimate buttcoiners.)
(Moreover, Gavin and Mike seem to be competent software engineers, whereas the Blockstream guys may be really unable to understand why congestion is bad, why the fee market will not work, and why LN will not be economically viable. As Napoleon would say...)
FUD FUD FUD
I haven't seen any proof of core devs sponsoring or condoning the
censorship moderation.
You do understand there is a difference between "the Blockstream guys" and users against an irrational block increase?
Of course you do, you're just being your usual disingenuous self.
I'd also argue "the Blockstream guys" are more competent engineers than Gavin & Mike. They're the one who have been pushing the limits of innovation for the last few years while Gavin was twiddling thumbs in politics at the Bitcoin Foundation posing as "Chief Scientist".
Your "congestion" bs is just more fud which I won't bother to address as I'm quite obviously wasting my time.