[nobodyandproud]

Playing devil’s advocate here.

Here are the red flags: - Lack of context. Why is all of the evidence hidden/deleted/tucked away?

- Speak for “everyone”. Was it really consensus? Why not take direct ownership of a decision, instead of hiding behind a collective?

- Pulling in a snippet of private conversation as a evidence of being reasonable.

- Naming and shaming.

It may well be that the OP deserved the ban, but a single snippet of a measured response doesn’t address the questions that said action raises. Without more evidence, I say it suggests there’s more to this.

[phendrenad2]

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, etc. In light of these posts, which clearly do not match what GP is claiming, I'm going to conclude that either side could be right, I just don't have enough information.