Antagonism? I don't see that as antagonistic, except perhaps to the one who enforces the rules. It's probably even less antagonistic towards "the judgment of your audience" than most LW posts: after all, in education, the customer is always wrong.
And even if he had done other things, such as you suggest below, he would have 'failed' with other people. Such is life.
I can think of no better way to spend my karma than on encouraging people to read this 19th century self-help book. It's free and online in full.
The guidelines on what makes an appropriate front-page article be damned, or, if necessary, enforced by official censorship.
Thanks to User:sfb for the quote that led me here, although the decision to post is entirely my own.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2274/2274-h/2274-h.htm