Well, no, because there is no reason to expect he would be allowed to do that. While posters have guessed about what the reasoning was, the mod in question did just repeat himself, rather than explain his reasoning. This is a mod call that could have gone either way, depending on how one interpreted the post. And past interactions between these two show that WE tends to view anything Roger says with suspicion. Without a mod telling him it’s okay, I don’t see any reason to trust that he wouldn’t get in trouble again.
This issue with repeating himself rather than explaining is something I’ve encountered before with @What_Exit. I reported a GD post towards me because it seemed it was getting to personal. The response was a mod note that we were both getting too personal. I sent a PM asking what part of my post had been seen as personal, as that was not my intent, and I wanted to avoid miscommunicating in the future. The response I got back was just to repeat the claim. I ask again and I get no response and gave access to the PM removed. I actually avoided posting for a little while because I could no longer trust that any post I made would be interpreted in some way that I didn’t mean.
When someone asks why, it would be nice if the mod in question would say exactly what trasonled to their decision. Surely part of making a decision is thinking “This line _____ is a call to action because ______.”
And I continue to argue that it’s best for the person who is being asked to give an explanation rather than for other people to speculate. If the person being asked doesn’t come up with the explanation, you can never be sure that was their actual reason, or if they just liked that explanation better.
At the end of the day, I go back to the fact that Roger is trying to solve a problem, and is on the morally correct side. And a rule is being interpreted in a way that prevents him from doing so, even though there is another interpretation which would allow it. I can’t see this as a net positive, and very much think this moderation puts a damper on being able to discuss how one might respond.
A call to action would be telling people to go so something, not asking for advice on what people in general might do that would be effective.