"He reposted the pulled article, never a good idea, which caused his ban."
This is not entirely correct.
1. He posted an article by Ted Rall that was deleted.
2. He made another thread asking the moderator to reinstate the thread (he did provide the link without the article). See contents of second post.
Here's the item -- repost, semi-repost, call it what you will -- which I've just restored for the public record.