It's a big deal because it reveals how hypocritical it was for a "free speech advocate" to ban a user simply for asking why someone else was banned. Putt had other options; 1) answer, 2) don't answer and move on. Banning Theo was extreme and the antithises of the whole point of the main site. Banning Theo in that workspace is not as huge an offense as banning in the main site but still speaks loudly of Putt's petty, hypocritical nature. It's not just a workspace. It's a public forum for discussion. That's why it matters.