The actual rule is posted below:
•Don't jump threads - If you get involved in an argument in one thread, it's considered poor manners to restart the previous argument in the middle of an unrelated thread.
Note that it says absolutely nothing about "carrying assualts" or "forbidden".
Perhaps that too was a figment of your imagination.
Perhaps I’ve read more warnings from mods than you have.
The habit of ignoring truth and evidence seems to be pretty chronic in some RC circles.