if it has no impact how can it be retaliatory?
"Retaliatory" is not about actual impact, just your intent of an impact.

I see. So why is it my rating is retaliatory and his is just by pure coincidence on the same day? Oh right standards only matter when you can apply them to me and your friends have no obligation to treat anyone as they wish to be treated, because reasons.
...After Flying Hellfish flew off the handle the last time I was instructed to post anything I found abusive in the appropriate meta subforum. This is what I am doing.
More lies... I didn't fly off the handle last time because I had no idea nor do I give a fuck you were instructed to do anything. Sorry buddy you just don't matter enough!
Ironically I don't actually give any fucks about your little weird obsession with me locked thread, which is probably why I didn't open a REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE thread myself. But since you showed up shitting lies out all over the place I felt like stopping in and saying a piece.
Oh but you did
fly off the handle. More than once. No one asked if you give a fuck, and I certainly don't care. Yeah what a weirdo who wants to have open political discussion instead of only discussion you consider valid (IE only those that agree with you).