Yeah, this isn't exactly Orwellianism, and it's not like professional writing isn't constrained and somewhat confusing to begin with. If they want to try have codified ways to not make Twitter mad, why not.

>have bailed on 2 or 3 meetings so far but read the books. The main reason I bailed the meetings was because I didn't enjoy them

I was in a book club for a while and something commonly remarked on was how some of the best meetings were when everyone hated the book. So don't let a dislike of the book get in the way of going.