Hive account@steemleo,

I listened to your video. I've got to tell you, the irony almost made me laugh. "Projection" is a psychological term used to describe the phenomenon of accusing someone else of what you yourself are doing.

Who started this war? The Top 20 Witnesses did. They froze Hive account@justinsunsteemit's entire stake preventing him from voting for witnesses or even liquidating his holdings so as to exit the blockchain.

"Well, we only temporarily froze his stake so we could have a conversation with him about his intentions."

You mean you tied him to a chair, put a gun to his head and said, "Let's talk ransom."

The day after the Soft Fork, I left a few detailed comments on "Justification Posts," explaining why (I was a hedge fund manager for 20 years and hence have a pretty good understanding of financial and securities law) the Top 20's actions amounted to "extortion." And I predicted Sun would seek, and receive, a legal injunction.

It seems he found an alternative.

"He's doing to us what we did to him. The outrage!"

Prior to my time managing hedge funds, I was a soldier. Let me impart a pearl of wisdom I learned from that experience:

WAR ESCALATES.

If you slap my face, I'll punch yours. If I punch yours, you'll pick up a club. In response to your club, I'll reach for my sword. Etcetera, etcetera. The point is to think twice about that first slap.

I'll repeat what I've said a thousand times: STEEM/Steemit's Achilles Heel is that it is (was) run by a bunch of Millennials who know nothing about anything excepting coding.

And while we're on the subject of expressing outrage about "fiduciary responsibility to the community," you might wish to consider how many Top 20 Witnesses owned and operated bidbots, for years ... and despite the vocal outrage of an army of Minnows.

Quill