I hate to parse language here, but I said that a situation may make it "appear" that the moderator has license to be a jerk. I seriously doubt that most of us intentionally try to sound like one. Regardless, I don't think it would be wise to accuse any moderator of that here and then have THAT debated.

I think this is a problem. If the powers that be don't, then, as I said above, so be it. If I subsequently have an issue of this nature, I'll deal with it on an individual basis "out of the public eye." I did notice, however, that several of the moderators who posted on this issue seem to wish there could be a differentiation.