This seems fair... Although, there probably is a difference between a surgical procedure and the political nature of working on software meant to be the global monetary system. Just as people have political opinions on government affairs. The opposite is an administrative state, and those are always abusive. The only opinions that literally matter for a surgery is the physician and patient. A bit different.
What individual devs pay attention to is their own choice. I agree with that. But expecting people to not have nontechnical opinions is ridiculous for something like Bitcoin because the thing isn't just technical.