So, having established that The Conservative Treehouse engages in speech and ideology with which some disagree, the article doesn't actually establish any evidence that the site violated the wp.com TOS.

The real irony here (note: I don't think the Tavern is hosted on wp.com; I'm merely making a point) is that this post violates the wp.com TOS more, and more explicitly, than The Conservative Treehouse.

ToS:

Posting private information.
Don’t share someone’s personal information without their consent.

The article doxxes the owner of The Conservative Treehouse, who chooses to use a pseudonym and to remain anonymous. To my knowledge, Sundance has never confirmed his reported identity, nor consented to being referred to as the identified person.

As for the alleged "call to violence" cited by the Automattic rep, the ToS in question:

Calls to violence.
We prohibit content that incites, encourages, threatens, or promotes acts of violence against individuals or groups of people...

An image of a knife with the word "resist" on it does not represent an act of violence against any individual or group of people.

We also remove content that glorifies acts of violence or its perpetrators...

An image of a knife with the word "resist" on it does not glorify any particular act of violence or perpetrator.

This does not mean that we will remove all hyperbolic or generally offensive language.

At worst, an image of a knife with the word "resist" on it falls squarely under "hyperbolic or generally offensive".

There is no reasonable argument that this action is anything other than subjective, capricious, and in response to political speech with which wp.com disagrees.

Yep; that is their right (though a very reasonable argument for breach of contract could be made), and I understand that site/data migration is in process as we speak.

There is a difference between governmental protection or censorship of speech, and generally supporting freedom of speech. This is not a matter of censorship. It is, however, an exposure of rank hypocrisy in a community that espouses the principles behind free as in freedom and democratizing publishing.

The most telling - and most disappointing - aspect of this occurrence is seeing both the action, and the community reaction, with respect to support of freedom - the very thing on which both WordPress and the WordPress community are ostensibly built upon.

Apparently, it is a lie - or, at the very least, it appears to be. Here's where the rubber meets the road, WordPress community. Do you support freedom of speech for all speech - even (and especially) speech with which you disagree? Or do you only support freedom of speech for speech with which you agree?

Thankfully, there are some in the community still willing to speak up. I thank and appreciate you, and I hope your voice ultimately prevails.