Why was my appeal denied when the person who reported me was using the same bad language i...

It doesn't matter how a situation starts, if you respond in a way that violates the code of conduct, you can be suspended. As long as you reported them, the enforcement team will take the appropriate action against them as well.

It doesn't matter who starts the fight everyone is held to the same rules

Whenever you reported him or not you don't get any results of your reports

The comments were made weeks ago he only reported me out of spite

They absolutely do not! The person that reported my gt harassed me before reporting. I sent that in on appeal and was denied immediately and also got a reply saying that a his harassment was not against community standards.

That really sucks but I just don't understand whatever reason for denying my appeals when 3 of my other appeals were accepted, I used the same message for all 5 appeals so how come 3 were accepted but 2 were denied? It just doesn't make sense to me.