This isn’t a job. They are a user like you who happen to also volunteer to mod because someone has to.
And they willingly chose to accept the responsibility that goes along with being a mod in exchange for that kind of power over others. That means they’re going to be held to a higher ethical standard than regular users and are looked down upon if they argue with users openly, because to allow it is to allow them to do worse shit, like ban users for disagreeing with them or even winning said arguments.
It doesn’t matter if mods get paid or not. They have to adhere to that responsibility or everyone suffers, even if you personally don’t care what they do. You’re just part of the problem.
Why would any of you think it’s okay for mods to power-trip? Is it because you have no standards? Or you wish to do the same yourself?
They seem to have handled the situation just fine and even left the report for other mods to handle. I really don’t see what the big issue is.
It’s the principle of the thing, which you don’t understand because you don’t have any real values.