Sounds like a @she problem. Posts praising the rulers are ok, posts criticizing them are not. Maybe decide if it's appropriate to make meta posts about the mods.

Are you being deliberately obtuse?

Both SEEMED to be pro-mod. One obviously wasn't, if one were to look at it without rose-tinted glasses.

It got a lot of upvotes simply from being positive, and the user was going around acting like a rabid, devout follower.

Write me a rule for that.