LoyceV is a helpful forum member whose work I respect, but it's not entirely clear to me how he was able to take your side in this conflict. I guess he trusted you and therefore didn't take enough time to analyze the situation on his own.
I didn't take OP's side, I said that in my opinion both users shouldn't have left negative feedback for this. I don't really exclude users, I think of it as a scale. Once it tips too far, I'll have to exclude someone. Let's say OP gave me only one reason to exclude him, Ratimov gave multiple reasons over the years.