It absolutely doesn't mean to come across as combative, I think it would be totally wrong and out of line to be offended at someone finding this stuff for the first time or getting curious. Unfortunately such content being a top result with good SEO by being created by influencers leads the project having to put words out way more often than the project likes to. We get asked a lot, if we're being asked then answers are needed, else they wouldn't ask us.

We, and more specifically I would never let an issue like this distract from the objectives. A lot of the inflammatory responses do however disrupt work, but that's what community mods in the official chat rooms and forums are for. Distraction =/= disruption though. I do this for GrapheneOS because it means a lot to me and it has personally protected me in tough and hostile situations. I'm a forensics person, used Cellebrite and more -- but I love GrapheneOS and I'm absolutely okay with never being welcome in front of another forensic company's face.

Some of the work done to GrapheneOS after such content being made have been some of the most significant yet. Duress password feature, VM management improvements, USB port control feature to name a few. The former lead dev had little, and if being honest, no involvement in writing code for these features. I'd say that's pretty evident to keeping the mission going.