One gets you respect from even those who may disagree with your point of view, because they can still respect you as a person. The other way you're just looked upon as a disruptor who doesn't have any place in a civilized decent society. Whatever your point is was lost in how you tried to convey it.
Just like your point about pants is lost in whatever you're trying to convey.
Better to just quit and if asked, quietly note the reason in your exit interview. Banding together and politely petitioning your company is not going to change anything--your employer is not a democracy. And obviously protesting your employer publicly is not going to help, either.
I didn't quite soil my pants like that other guy, but I at least mildly chuckled at the thought of telling my manager in my next 1:1 that I object ethically to some business my 10,000+ person company is engaged in.