The above deleted comment referenced some details of the banned post. With those details removed, it said:

(Note, this comment reacts to this thread generally, and other discussion of the banning)

The essential problem is that with the (spectacular) deletion of the Forbidden Post, LessWrong turned into the sort of place where posts get disappeared.

I realize that you are describing how people generally react to this sort of thing, but this knee jerk stupid reaction is one of the misapplied heurestics we ought to be able notice and overcome.

So far, one post has been forbidden (not counting spam).

It was not forbidden because it criticized SIAI, other posts have criticized SIAI and were not banned.

It was not forbidden because it discussed torture, other posts have discussed torture and were not banned.

It was not forbidden for being inflammatory, other posts have been inflammatory and where not banned.

It was forbidden for being a Langford Basilisk.