I am not signaling "virtue,"
Yes, you are, so sthu already. Nobody really cares if Sean is a sede, or a can't decider, or decides not to decide, or decides to just float around somewhere in the middle, scratching his head dwelling on the idea till kingdom come - who cares?
Apparently he freely chose to create a blog and publish to the whole world what his problem is, or was, or will be. This means that at the same time, he also freely chose to bring on whatever repercussions.