That's "blockchain governance" for you. Miners wanted something, the community/economic majority wanted something else. I believe it would always follow the path of the community/economic majority. It's the community that creates the demand for blocks.
great, we've already established that.
if the "community" tries to UASF on a recklessly hasty timeline like BIP148, i certainly won't support it. next time someone tries to UASF on a 2-month timeline, i say
fork them off. people who prefer to risk a network split because they can't wait some additional months for safe implementation are like impatient children. we shouldn't be caving to their demands.