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Cases like these were predictable when many demanded a COC. Especially the focus on sexism and racism is proof to me that some people wanted to build a profile instead of contributing constructively.

The author engaged in policing others himself. Perhaps a lesson? It will become a problem if code is hosted exclusively on Github.

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Not many demanded a CoC. In fact then the CoC was proposed it as merely as a "just in case" proposal that others agreed was not needed at that particular point in time because the community was "relatively calm".

And I didn't engage in tone policing myself. I'm perfectly fine with people disagreeing with each other using whatever tone they'd like.

Fair enough. I think the problems that demanded a COC were artificially constructed. I do think that the committees are a severe negative influence on the community though.

There was a rough tone at some point, but that is what you get if people are passionate and in disagreement. A corporate COC can kill any passion instantly and isn't a solution.

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