this is not accurate, mempool policy is not a consensus rule for validity of tx.
filters don’t censor anyone.
they give node runners control over what tx’s they want to propagate from THEIR OWN NODE.
this is more of a property rights issue and the moral high ground is with the node runners
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Filters, if the intention is not to create a momentum towards changing consensus, are pointless and also detrimental, a little bit at least, as Greg Maxwell explains here:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1kab15o/bitcoin_cores_github_mods_have_been_banning_users/mpou6xb/