As other commenters note, words like "shit" and "fuck" used to be much more taboo than they are now, while certain slurs have recently gained taboo status to the point that many people in the comments are referencing them without actually typing them in their comments.
> For what [the troll] indicates is known to be ... ignorant; but he does not say that thing, but rather something close. In this way he retains the possibility of denial, and the skilled troll is always surprised and hurt, or seems to be, when the others take his comments up.
No one hits their thumb with a hammer and yells "White Privilege!"
People use "fuck" or "fucking" to add emphasis to something even though some people might find the word impolite and a pearl-clutching conservative might take offense.
But "Let's Go Brandon" is intended to offend, and "China Virus" is racist. "DEI" is now being used as an insult to imply that someone is unqualified for their job and often blatantly ignores a massive list of qualifications. A woman or racial minority can't make mistakes on the job now, because people will crawl out of the shadows to scream "DEI hire! DEI hire!"
To put it bluntly, using those phrases in those ways kind of makes you a piece of garbage, and moderators are well within their right to take out the trash.
Maybe try to be a better person and you won't have to worry about getting downvoted and banned.