Disagree.

They did not limit your ability to publish notes across relays or for people to pull those notes from relays.

They stopped promoting your notes. They can do that whenever and for whatever reason they want. You do not have a right to their promotion.

It honestly feels like people try to get brownie points for being "on the list" by muddying the waters to what that actually meant...

They did not censor you. They stopped promoting you.