The mod team understands that, but Alex himself didn't.
Being the selfish narcissistic twat that he is, he removed the whole thread only thinking about protecting his own image without a care for any victim of domestic abuse who sought support through that thread.
Yes, there's another thread now for that (thanks to Sinnocent, by the way), but that's really missing the point. Besides, all potentially helpful posts in that previous thread are gone now.
Not interrogating you about this as you're not involved in this, but you have to admit this wasn't right the way it was carried out.