I refuse to engage with this topic in terms of “freedom of speech” and “censorship.” There are no civil rights at issue when moderators of a forum delete comments. If you want to talk about petty, tyrannical behavior by the mods that’s a question of what kind of community we want to have. NOT “freedom of speech.” There absolutely have to be norms of conduct here ir the place will descend into shit. So unrestrained expression is off the table in all scenarios.

Stop talking about it as freedom of speech and then we can get somewhere.