Scenarios with plausible deniability are not all that is happening, though. For example, today’s events were pretty cut and dry.
This scenario literally happened today:
Person A insults Person B (and a host of others)
Person B responds to Person A with snark, albeit with kinder words than those used by Person A
Person B has their post removed and receives a warning.
Person A does not have their post removed, does not receive a warning (we know this because the first thing that happens with a warning is a removed post), and gets a pat on the back from his buddies.
What is your explanation? I asked the GM who did this for an explanation and all they did was tell me the entire thing was my fault for being stupid enough to engage with someone who is insulting me. How exactly is this anything but a middle finger directly from the GM to me?