[acdha]

Citation needed, especially given the degree to which the moderators give all but the most flagrant trolls multiple chances.

[grzm]

By "deleted comments", your parent is likely referring to the flagged dead comments in this thread.

[acdha]

Could be but that seems to be normal user voting rather than the moderators doing anything unusual

[grzm]

Yeah, I agree. It seems often members aren't aware of the difference or choose to make the distinction.