To be clear, that was the culture everyone was immersed in, but that quote actually comes from[0] one of the people that got banned in the original incident[1]. Not because of the ideology expressed, of course, but because of criticism of the organization's hypocrisy.

[0]: https://discuss.python.org/t/for-your-consideration-proposed...

[1]: https://discuss.python.org/t/why-i-am-withdrawing-fellowship...