You're welcome, and I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help. FWIW, posts are never permanently deleted. The mods can still see them and the system creates a log of any such actions.
The Pub tends to be contentious. Mods will identify themselves as they feel a need. It's a tough enough job and if someone complains, that the PTBs will look into it.
It might not have been a mod. I was thinking Wookie, but it could have been TimAZ or someone else.
It wasn't that harsh of a reply (at least the reply to me) to be adamant about it. I just thought it was weird, especially since I didn't get a notification of it being deleted.