You are entitled to have your prospective. For me, I am saddened by the idea that someone lost their life fighting a system that prosecutes a person for the very thing they claim to be in favor of.
It's not really the message so much as the wording.[0] And it's not even necessarily a dismissal. A lot of those movements in the 70's worked, in a sense.
Oh, I am not taking a position either way on anyone's views. I think that most people would agree that something has gone wrong in this process. As a solo founder, I feel the weight of my own organizations load. I am from Montana where there is little support, from a distance something touches me personally about this situation. For each of us, I am sure the same can be said in our own ways.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5049474