It's them attacking the con indirectly. The con isn't going to capitulate to them, especially not with the owner suffering from his own MeToo hoax. (And yes, new rule: All MeToo allegations are hoaxes until a police report is provided.) So they have to try and harm it in other ways.
The con won't obey their woke masters, but artists tend to be more woke than average, so they might just be able to drive some of them away. And even those artists that aren't woke probably are left leaning, which means they're susceptible to empathy attacks -- i.e., social pressure, shaming, etc.
And if the con can't fill the artist alley, the con might tank financially.
