FWIW, if there are any developers interested in keeping Counterparty going once multisig abuse filters are in place, there is no reason the recommended plan cannot work with a fork of Counterparty instead of the original developers.
This is plain outrageous. Luke JR. I heard there is an opening for an IRS programmer. maybe you are a better fit there.
I hope that there are more mature individuals within the BTC core dev team that can put this little kid in his place. Otherwise, with people like this in key roles in the BTC value chain, there are many troubles ahead.