It seems the mod thought I was a sock of Hesenberg. I'm not sure how socks are expected to act, but I opposed nearly everything Hesenberg said on the Straight Dope Forum.
Unfortunately I burned that bridge as the next day I registered with a new e-mail/name, posted a few times then asked a mod about the deleted thread. This resulted in another ban for being a sock of a banned member. I suppose they checked the IP address.
Ranb