you'll get hit for anything you can possibly be hit for, even when others are doing the same things in the same thread. They'll be ignored because they are in the same corner as the mod.
It's true we can't do much, because they DO "hit" you for actual infractions, however minor and however many people are getting away with it in the same thread. So what is the sense in bitching that you got a post pulled for lack of content in a post in Politics when you indeed DIDN'T put in anything but a flame? I've called out mods (politely, in PM) for "missing" like posts, and they've gone back and pulled them, too.
Like you also said, it's pretty rare. We all have moods, and some days are better than others.
I'm interested, though, in what bones is about, since the Queen seldom ventures outside her Kingdom.
Responding to an off topic post used in an attempt to shut down my argument and then being modded over it is bullshit. It's not just trolling/flaming. Deciding whether or not something is on topic enough leave a gray area about the size of the Grand Canyon for mods to do whatever they want.
Oh, I know. Most of the posts I'm aware of being pulled have been for taking troll bait. And if I question it, I always get the same response--Report, don't retort. That would not be half as much fun, though.
I don't think the mods pull posts for political content. Just like any other human, they like or don't like certain posters and probably some of that involves their political opinions, this being a political board. That like or dislike shades their perception of what is okay. I do it, you do it, we all do it. Being a liberal, I thought del's trolling was funny and spot on. Others disagreed. So yeah, it's political but not in the way you seem to think it is.
