I could be wrong but I think letting the outrage about Predstrogen getting banned die out while nothing has gotten better is equivalent to if nobody cared in the first place.
If the city destroyed your house and people rioted and shouted for for your right to justice, but but never actually got through to the city reps and just gave up, would that be fair? Is that all we do? Put on a little show before we ultimately accept how shittily marginalized people are treated?
It's not my intention to assume Predstrogen's feelings on the matter, but it just feels wrong that we stopped trying to make this place better for her and people like her.
I highly doubt he planned it to go like this, but matt taking a month off when people got mad at him was his greatest defense. He didn't need to ban everyone who spoke out, he didn't need to fight back. He got a vacation and we all forgot about the whole thing on our own.