Why was my post deleted without explanation?

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In summary, the conversation involved a user posting about a US military attack video on Wikileaks, which was quickly deleted and resulted in an infraction for being "off topic/trolling." The user argued that the situation was not symmetrical and asked for an explanation, but did not receive a response. The decision to delete the post was seen as a knee-jerk reaction and the justification of "off topic/trolling" was deemed flimsy. It was suggested to privately message the moderator for a more detailed explanation. The post in question was considered off topic and unrelated to the thread's topic.
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I recently posted in Russ's thread about the US military attack video released on Wikileaks. Within minutes of posting it was deleted and I received an infraction from Evo for "off topic/trolling" with no further explanation. Russ claimed that people hold a double standard for the US military and the insurgents and I simply stated that the situation is not symmetrical since the US invaded Iraq and not vice versa. I replied to Evo asking her to explain in what way the post was off topic or irrelevant and did not receive a reply.

As far as I can tell, the decision was a knee-jerk reaction to something which Evo found offensive (especially since it was deleted so quickly). The justification of "off topic/trolling" is so flimsy I really want a better answer.
 
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If you want a more detailed explanation, you should PM Evo about it. We don't discuss specifics of moderation decisions in the public forums.
 
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Your post was about the 9/11 attack and had nothing to do with the topic.
 

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