they('collective of the digital Currency Exchange Industry') are just desperate
blockstream is in debt to a tune of $70m-$90m, the exchanges are in debt too
here is a lowdown of who they owe money to and how much
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/barry-silbert/investmentsP.S barry silbert is DCG (owns coindesk amunst others and ties to blockstream(core)) and is getting really edgy about getting his returns. so he is pushing hard to cause drama
http://dcg.co/portfolio/however the real bitcoin community (ignoring the corporation dictatorship) are not pushing for a split, they want real consensus and one single consensus chain without the dev overlords calling the shots. where nodes grow based on the mutual consent of the network majority of diverse codebases.
the community consensus has no deadlines and no overzealous ban hammer code to cause a controversial or bilateral split.
but the corporate tribe wanting dominance are the ones that have thrown the baby out the pram, and begging the community to split up..