I believe there is a very good chance that it was Vod that dox'ed evershawn after evershawn attempted to call out Vod for what he believed to be an erroneous negative rating. Vod has admitted to leaving a negative rating on at least one occasion, that he removed only after he received confirmation that such account was sold, and that he did not have any personal issues with the new owner. Vod gave takagirl a negative rating even after Vod admitted that a negative rating was not appropriate because takeagirl was calling Vod out. Vod gave TF a negative rating only after TF was speaking out against Vod extensively -- even though I believe TF to be a scammer, I remember thinking that Vod's leaving of this trust rating to be perrty  at the time Vod left it.

I am not aware of any legit claims of someone being banned because they made an unpopular statement. Although there have been a couple of such claims -- I believe them to be frivolous though.

What I believe zeke is/was attempting to say is that posts by the moderators sometimes imply that the rules are written in stone and will not be changed under any circumstances, even after a discussion. I do think this is the way that a certain few moderators sometimes post about the rules. I do generally find theymos and others who have the authority to change the rules to be reasonable, and will often listen to arguments based on facts and ethos, which sometimes results in rules being adjusted.