[foonathan]

Saying "XXX is an asshole" if XXX is in fact an asshole is also the objective truth, yet warrants removal for insulting someone.

[bun_terminator]

I genuinely don't think the word I used is comparable to asshole

[lostmsu]

It would be better to judge the whole thing if you quoted the word instead of going "the word I used". If you get flagged for quoting here, at least we will learn a valuable lesson.