The quote about leeches and parasites wasn't addressing any one particular person, and to that I agree, it was a general opinion.
I quoted in
post 222 the actual personal, directed at me, quote that bothered me, and compared it to what I see written in the FAQ.
Other people in this thread, have written that they encourage their children to write fan fiction (or write it themselves), and I didn't see them being personally responded to using emoticons and insinuations. If he personally responds to everyone else individually in the same manner, and I somehow missed that, then I may agree.
I expect moderators to be so far removed from engaging in this kind of thing that there's absolutely
no room for "grey area" of misinterpretation. But several people recognized it and had messaged me about it before I had even reacted to it, too.
At any rate, he apologized and I'm not nursing any more feelings over it - it's over with.
I feel GOOD about my having encouraged my daughter to get her feet wet in writing on a site designed for fan fiction. I don't feel in the slightest that it is wrong.