Then you haven't seen how many poorly written questions there are. Would you rather have your question outright deleted?

You're implying that there's no middle ground between "moderators unilaterally edit your question, including substantial semantic changes" and "question deletion".

I find that simultaneously troubling and, given my experiences on SE, unsurprising from someone whom I assume is a SE mod. If that's the position that most moderators take, no wonder it's such a caustic place.

Not an SO moderator. I've answered a few questions over the years, and I've browsed the new queue. I suggest you do the same before forming an opinion.

No thanks. The SO community made it very clear they aren't interested in having me be a part of it.

SO says that the question you ask on their site is not yours, so they can do whatever they want with it.

I just stopped asking questions there.

I don't think it's clear from the parent's post that editor was a moderator.