I perceive them as orders due to the tone used and the drama you claim.
I've perfectly read your call, but I don't support it simply because it is too early and disproportionated compared to the effective change that occured caused by only one person in the WMF staff during holidays.
I understand this is a problem but I don't support your boycott as a reasonable reply whn there's already now an ongoing discussion and RfC on Meta, that you are trying to shortcut with your **spammed** camm posted in various places.