Naturally, you revise history. The coven was very good at ganging up on their opponents, starting flame wars and then getting the target banned.
So few feel any sympathy for them getting a taste of their own medicine.
This is liberal orthodoxy if I've ever heard it. Nothing but some version of "the devil made me do it," "the man made me do it," "root causes made me do it," "it's all society's fault," blah blah blah blah. If the "target" engaged in conduct that was offensive enough that the mods---not the "coven," mind you---banned him, what caused the ban? Uh, the "target's" own conduct. Even if someone does---oh, boo hoo---start a flame war against you, is your response outside your control and, therefore, is whether or not you commit conduct that could get you banned outside your control? Conservatism is about taking personal responsibility. The "coven" did not commit the conduct that got the "target" banned, nor did the "coven" have the authority to ban anyone. That would be the mods. But, unless the JR and the mods are total nincompoops (is that what you are saying?), a person gets banned for his *personal* conduct on the forum. Right?