So maybe your concern would be addressed by some sort of "discuss override" mechanism, by which the IESG could actively decide that a discuss is inappropriate and disregard it. Such a mechanism would have to be invoked explicitly, and would perhaps involve a consensus call by the IESG chair...
I believe such a mechanism already exists. At least, we established such a mechanism while I was on IESG.
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