It's not exactly knee-jerk, hair-trigger nonsense when you can get away with that kind of behaviour for this long, innit? We're pretty lenient compared to other forums (and even other staff on NMA). This isn't Reddit, being an edgelord is fine for a few posts, but it's seriously annoying if that's your entire personality.
If you seriously feel the need to be a constant lulz-ironic-edgy shitlord all the time, well, Reddit's five servers down the block, and /pol/ is close by.
For sure, answer my question about what exactly broke the rules though...
Was it the swastikas? Was it the sieg heils? Help me understand.