I agree with you there.

It just seems as though policy is being improvised on the spot based on who gets loudest and most hysterical, rather than policy being based on logic, reason, and principles that can be cited.

And maybe that's OK - Bitbucket and Github are businesses, and it's not necessarily their interest to host material that attracts unwanted public attention.

But it's unfortunate to know that for all the rhetoric about openness and free expression in internet culture, the reality is that a distributed witch hunt can get something shut down hard, with minimal warning.

At a certain point, the rules become a subjective judgment call on the question of "is this person being a trollish dick?"