Neither this post, nor the linked decision by the TSC make it possible for me to judge if this reaction is appropriate.

Without details on how rvagg conducted himself, this could be anywhere from 'Social justice warriors biggest fuck up yet' to 'nepotism protects blatant asshole/racist/nazi/mysogonist'.

This is all due to the following reasoning:

[Note: the specific list of issues has been removed at the request of several core collaborators who felt that listing the issues was not fair to Rod. This post was made with an effort at full transparency and with no ill intent towards anyone. No additional harm was intended by listing the issues - jasnell]

Unless this was requested by Rod himself, this seems like needless censorship.