It’s not exactly the same thing, imho, and I say this as neither a vegan nor entirely a fan of how that situation was handled. In large part not bc of what you are saying but the confrontational nature of how you are saying it. So now you call them an asshole, and they call you one in return… and at that point, regardless of whether you were initially right or wrong, wouldn’t that confrontation have justified the removal of your comment, from this community?

The latter point does surprise me a bit tbh - normally this community is quite open to challenges, even to the very mods themselves, e.g. you see that this very post is still up. Btw there’s also !fediverselore@lemmy.ca if you ever need it, linked to in the sidebar of this community. My point is that there is no shortage of spaces to complain about PTB mods, though your words will carry more weight if people are able to be more receptive of them, for which it tends to help to make less loaded statements as “they are all assholes” and more like “I highly disagree with their position, what about you?”