and people would view it differently than this situation.

You don't know that.

From the Steem soft fork 0.22.2 up and including Steem hard fork 0.23.0 I have seen people on both chains defending the actions of “there” chain as justified — accepting the explanation of the witnesses without questioning.

I see no reason why this trend should change now.

1. First they came steem accounts, I did not speak out because I was not Justin Sun.
2. Then they came for those who voted the wrong witness, I did not speak out because didn't vote for those witnesses.
3. Then they came for the those posting the statistics, I did not speak out because didn't post statistics.
4. Then they came for the Hive witnesses wallets, I did not speak out because I'm not a Hive witnesses.
5. Then they (pfunk) came for those who voted the wrong witness — again, I did not speak out because didn't vote for those.
6. …

Needless to say that I personally speak out against all of the above and on both chains.