Yeah, I get that all the hype around silly pictures in the blockchain gets on the nerves. FWIW, all the Bitcoin Core devs are working on the native currency for the Internet, as far as I can tell, they largely feel the same. To us it mostly feels like a question of priorities and benefit per cost. Except for Luke, I don't know if any Bitcoin Core contributors that think filters have any effect at all on transactions for which there is sufficient economic demand. 53% of all transactions in the last year have had inscriptions or op_return outputs. These transactions paid hundreds of millions of dollars in transaction fees. I don't think there is an appetite for crippling Bitcoin Script over this by soft forking in mitigations. So, Bitcoin Core devs mostly choose to spend their time on other things. Most Bitcoin Core devs have plenty skin in the game, with their careers tied up in Bitcoin for many years. Don't get too worked up, it's not as big of a deal as some make it sound.

I wrote a longer response to Leon here, that you might also find interesting: https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd9h3yau0zzev5zel30jkztvhluw9us6anhnvlqj28wxqc9runa8qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygy4xcdzks4zds3t4sakk6aych9vf5mfqm4se7ucy6rgr3z6xqw9rqpsgqqqqqqsfk9w40