I’ve never been a mod or in any role at all with Free Republic other than simple freeper. I have no idea how things work at that level. I’ve seen bannings and suspensions that made me scratch my head, but for the most part, the trolls I’ve seen banned had the posting record to confirm they were trolls.
In the religion forum, all bets are off. People go in there and just get crazy over what should unite them. So you’ll see some of the otherwise finest conservative people get nailed when they get to shouting at each other over religious disagreements.
I kept getting banned for politics, not religion.