was he drunk or in urgent need of a break? OTOH , good of him to take the responsibility immediately. OTOH, maybe he even wanted to send a message to those who rely too much in reddit's freedom.
probably because Steve (I'm sorry but in this context /u/Spez just seems inappropriate...) had spent weeks being called a pedophile. Hes a person and he snapped. Bad judgement? yes, obviously. But really hes a person...and this is a group of assholes being assholes and I will generally grant people some empathy for having a limit and maybe not having the most rational reaction.