We need to have a broader discussion though. Why is PDMA a problem? What is the logic behind it? Why is censorship a necessary tool to justify suppressing discussion of it?
Philosophically speaking, if the moderators are doing the right thing, there should be no fear of discussing it. Suppression of information in this day and age is a bit backwards, don't you think? I am aware that CFC is not a democracy, but the norms and standards of discussion in a free society are generally held to apply, and censorship of criticism of leadership is not one of them.
Just quickly on this. Yes, there is a debate to be had about PDMA. It is held perennially. But this thread is not the place to have it. This is not because we don't want to discuss it but because this is an issue that affects the whole site. The place for discussion of this and related matters is Site Feedback.
You can see that there was a long discussion of this issue in Site Feedback just last year, and you can find other posts in that forum if you search.
Now you may disagree with the rationale given there and elsewhere, but if you want to discuss it, that's the place to do it. It wouldn't be fair to discuss something of site-wide significance here - and potentially make changes to the rules - that other members wouldn't see. (And yes, we've had cases in the past where decisions were made in one forum that were perceived to affect other forums, and the others weren't happy about it.)
As BSmith said at the start, the NES forum and this discussion need to take place within the context of the site rules. If you want to talk about changing those rules, do it in SF. Here, we're discussing the moderation of the NES forum.