It seems that certain elements in the Bitcoin community seem to think they know what's best for the rest of us. Not unlike their cousins in political office, or sitting on the boards of large companies, they posses a degree of arrogance and narcissism that predispose them to this belief.
Not really, no. Please provide me with sufficient data and evidence that supports the claims that people do in fact know "what's best for the rest of us". Should the janitor in my office do the engineer's job now, because how possibly could the Engineer know what is 'best' (debatable)?
That would be fine if it stopped there, but when it extends to:
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I am prepared to fund ten Bitcoin Classic nodes myself and am presently working out the details so I can get started.
So your solution is support for a contentious HF in addition to joining in on the Sybil-attack (on Amazon)?
I am not at all saying DDoS attacks are justified, but I can understand why they feel that it is necessary to do it. Some people see as a threat to the community.
Or, Classic supporters use DDoS among their own people and point fingers at Core? Quite simple to manipulate the people actually.