It looks like the post I'd linked to was deleted. I did save the screenshot that'd been posted there so going to repost it so it's not lost.
The thread started after https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1akokey/comment/kpalbh5/ regarding someone being kicked off of #SourceHut for engaging in #transphobia.
#AlphaPapa claimed this was evidence of Christian persecution for a while before deleting all his comments.
He's very active with #Emacs, at one point a mod. on r/emacs. Projects of his include magit-todos, ement.el, bufler.el.