I'd say it's more than tangentially related. The blog post is about Richard Stallman, his life, and his contributions; it seems strange to not acknowledge the recent controversy surrounding him.
> Unlike Google they actually listen to their users. They were awesome during youtube-dl debacle.
I wouldn't say they were "awesome" during the youtube-dl stuff. They were slow to respond and non-transparent about what was happening behind the scenes.
Also, user's have been calling for GitHub to terminate their contract with ICE for a long time now[0] to no avail.
GitHub is better than most, no doubt, when it comes to "listen[ing] to their users" but they still have a ways to go.