Maybe someone can enlighten me.

Just a guess. Imagine someone on staff who probably has other duties as well entrusted with “doing membership the. great favor of explaining the reason his post was removed.” while sending out an impersonal and hurried “explanation”.  Audiogon is a business and this is akin to trying to get an answer for why our purchase from X on line retailer is not quite like the picture in the ad.  Would be nice it were otherwise and can be very frustrating, but simply not that important in the overall scheme.  I have no idea why this might be so, but I’ve never had a post removed.

@audphile1 

What I don't understand is the inconsistency of enforcement. 

@stuartk I don’t think the process is automated. There’s no algorithm that runs as a backend process to identify posts that need to be removed. Or if there is, it isn’t very sophisticated. The system most likely relies on moderators reviewing the forums or users reporting posts they think violate the policy. That’s the only explanation I have. X or FB in example are large publicly traded companies that have the means to incorporate this type of automation. I don’t think there’s any specific agenda behind the inconsistency here other than what I just explained. 

As an outsider, I find it ironic that removal of @Secretguy’s original post as being political in itself says quite a lot about the current state of your country. 

You guys have got very thin skins.

@yogiboy 

​​​​​​Surely, calling people "nit-wits" is being abusive towards other members as quoted in the reasons for removing secretguy’s post.