Sam2,
Meh. I wasn’t even necessarily defending DaMoshe. I was just proving to DY why his point was invalid via reductio ad absurdum.
I think I missed your point because I personally don’t equate not being offered the amud with mistreatment, even if there was some policy in place that precluded me from being shaliach tzibbur. We can discuss whether any such policy is reasonable or not (and you may very well find me in agreement with you regarding some potential policies), but it wasn’t the policy that mistreated DaMoshe, it was what he got told.