User blog comment:StrangerThanTad/What happened to Slimebeast's pastas?/@comment-5943448-20170929184631/@comment-5943448-20171002013609

Saying that moderators co-promote each other is not the same as saying they do it "illigimately", and the question of what is or isn't legitimate promotion hasn't been defined and likely can't.

Since I didn't make the claim you're asking me to back up, it's not possible nor in my interest to address it.