Mark's reply should really get a lot more attention.

  > Secondly, there was a specific purpose to raising my grievances on the
  > internal mailing list.  It's because you are vigorously arguing for
  > collective decision making within GNU, while at the same time you are
  > acting in a dictatorial manner within the Guile project, failing to even
  > consult your co-maintainers on core language changes.  I think that's
  > hypocritical, and I said so.

The email in the original post felt very one-sided and strange. Every single action felt like it was being analyzed to find the worst possible reading. The additional perspective from Mark's reply (especially the above quote) feels more balanced and more rational.