Do you think they don't understand that? Everyone understands that. You seem unwilling to move beyond that and confront a broader perspective than the vote of one person.
No, they aren't. That literally is nowhere in their post.
You either didn't read it all, or you're lying, or you have poor reading comprehension skills.
I doubt it's the latter for a mod on a text based platform.
P.S. I'm an admin on a fairly large platform for a fairly large group. When the group took off, I started interacting on it a LOT less because my moderation responsibilities (which also increased with the groups growth, why are so many people just blatant assholes or trolls?) required that people view me as impartial and unbiased.
Choosing to engage frequently in controversial topics and using straw man arguments against posts that literally don't say anything related to what you say they say is certainly... a choice... for a mod to make.
Don't get me wrong, I miss my ability to interact with the group I admin like a normal person, but my duties to the group take precedence. I understand the desire, but there are other options.