I don't like any isms, but messing with a person's stake is nothing short of larceny in my not so humble opinion.
I am not happy with all this talk of forking (the term has been used by this post as well as the other posts I have read so far concerning the "powerdown"). It is not the wording that has been used by some concerning the fork, but how it is being perceived by Steemit.com, Inc. and ultimately its CEO aka @ned.
Did @ned perceive this talk as being a veiled threat? I don't know, just seems that way to me.