Criticism of the Forum for infringing free speech is misconceived. The Forum has never pretended to be a free speech arena. Posts on the Forum are constrained by the guidelines which have been in place since inception.
There are places on the Internet where you can say what you like with no rules. This Forum is not one of them. If moderators judge that a post infringes the guidelines, it will be edited or removed, or if you prefer, censored.
Sometimes users may disagree with the mods judgment as to what infringes the guidelines. In such cases read this post first, then users can raise the issue with the mods directly, or, ultimately, with Mike.
If users have a discussion with Mike and he doesn’t agree with you then I can only suggest getting over it, because investing emotion in a deleted post on an Internet forum seems like a recipe for disappointment.