So thinking you are right is some evidence to the contrary.
Unfortunately.
I was once banned for a complete nothing, but fortunately there was a genial übermod in the room who immediately and completely quietly reversed it as nonsense.
It was like a 20-second ban. :)
Since they were here and had the context.
But the random lynchers did not, and hopped on it without knowing anything.
I hate it when I do that when I am trying to be so careful.
The most likely scenario is that the entire moderation team discussed the matter privately amongst themselves after examining patterns of behavior to which we are not necessarily privy, and which in certain cases, we certainly are not.