I think that approving a post to PM and agree its contents are two quite different and somehow unrelated things.

The OP was quite in-topic and not offensive. This is something that IMHO qualifies a node for approval in the PM sense - freedom to speak. OTOH, I could be strongly against what the OP contains, and I like to think that there's space to express one's thoughts. Again, freedom to speak.

IMHO, that "competition" stuff was a bit exagerated independently on who approved the OP - but this is only my humble opionion.