I think it's more than just 'not stirring the pot', and while I agree that everyone in a band should get their say, even when things aren't 'equal', there's a right way and a wrong way to go about making yourself heard. The doc didn't go into details on it, but the articles I posted from the early 80s (about 50 pages previous to this), interviews with Don and Glenn, talked more about the day to day build-up of complaints that ended with the straw that broke the camel's back in Long Beach. In one or more of them, both Don and Glenn said that Glenn went out of his way to try and keep the peace. I think the words Glenn used was 'subordinate himself.'

I know it's probably a girl thing, and not a guy thing, and I realize it was years after the firing of Felder, but if anyone ever put in a book my personal hygiene habits, or lack thereof, like Felder did Joe's, I'd never speak to that person again, guaranteed.

Maybe, just maybe, it was more than not wanting to stir a pot. Maybe Joe agreed with Glenn (and Henley's) point of view. I don't think we can assume that Joe wanted to remain friends with Felder and felt he couldn't for fear of upsetting Glenn and Don. I think, if I remember correctly (am I remembering correctly?) that Felder said in his book that he tried several times to get Joe and Tim to agree with him and neither were interested. There must be reasons for that, and more than not wanting to upset Glenn and Don IMO. I may be wrong, but we don't know for sure.