I don't follow Raggi much, but why do you feel he always wanted to be banned?
He's been trying to shock the normies ever since he started publishing, and consciously tried to provoke a reaction - from republishing Carcosa, to publishing a porn star, right to cannibal oompa-loompas and menstrual magick. All the things that would most definitely bother a suburban mom. For most of LotFP's career, this was empty grandstanding, since none of the conservative church ladies and concerned preachers gave a damn about RPGs anymore, and most of them have been, well, dead since the 1990s. Left or right, the common stance in gaming was anti-censorship, and gamers liked their shock content. He was fighting against windmills, or an enemy that has died peacefully of old age.
But it turns out things did change, and forces inside (and outside) gaming now
do want to censor stuff and they
do want to destroy creators who don't conform to their preferred agenda. The church ladies are back, except now they have blue hair and preferred pronouns. And the game-changer is, they are starting to have the kind of institutional clout where they can succeed on a wider industry basis. Getting someone banned from specific forums, or running a whisper campaign is old news - the ability to deplatform someone is new. So, James Edward Raggi IV, pubisher of fondly received shock merchandise that did not really shock anyone of note, suddenly found himself in the middle of a real, credible threat to free expression. He gets to be the shining knight of free speech he has always wanted to be. If I were him, I would be flattered, and a bit proud of myself.
It's odd that OBS didn't obey the Twitter Mob immediately. AKA, why did they wait?
Yeah, that's an interesting part. Like BedrockBrendan, I think DTRPG, probably Wieck, may have a few old-school liberals left, who might have principles and sympathise with James' situation (if not this specific product - frankly, I also think it is a shitty idea). That these people took time to succumb to peer pressure shows that the agreement was not unanimous or easily won, but also that the pressure of nagging and social blackmail - the preferred method of church ladies of all ages - is effective and dangerous.
It will be interesting to see if the Twitter Mob "forgives" OBS for its "crime" or demands further "penance".
They don't. It is only a matter of time before they try to widen the breach. I assume Pundit, as one of the notable "bad actors", will be targeted fairly soon, probably as an "alt-right" bogeyman. Further efforts to stigmatise, silence and drive out game creators has always been on the table. Before he was #metooed, Zaximillian Wokespierre had been advocating driving conservatives out of the hobby. Said so on Google+ (I may even have the screenshot if I look hard enough in my archives). It is not a fringe view anymore.