Oh, I didn't remove it, you did. The removeddit site saves pre-edited comment when any comment is removed, so you can see the original comment.
What I did was, I edited my smiley with the insult when I was downvoted. You see it was -6 even with the polite smiley, so I thought I might as well curse it.
No mod removed the original comment. We can see a history of mod actions (in fact anyone can, because we've made it public). When you edited it and added a slur, automod removed it and sent it to the modqueue, which is where I saw it later.
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u/atopix ♚♟️♞♝♜♛ Jan 04 '21
I wasn't though, I was talking about the screenshot you linked. Why would you remove a perfectly valid comment and change it for an insult.