@nohillside: Point taken. But the statement is straight from this site's "Help" section. In this case the OP bemoaned the the anonymous downvote. My comment was made because a) I think raising awareness of the "honesty" standard is a good thing, and b) my sympathy which of course results from my own experience with this.
But you're a moderator, and have better visibility on this than I. If you feel that it's inappropriate to call out behavior that's contrary to stated standards, then I'll accept that, and won't debate the point further.