I'm reminded of something a moderator of a Twitch channel said recently: they had a policy of banning people for complaining about "pronouns".
For the first few weeks this resulted in a lot of fights, but after that the moderation load as a whole was much lower. In effect, they'd found a means for flushing out those who liked provoking others and a clear rule to ban them with. There isn't a large number of such people, they're a tiny but very loud minority.
Codes of conduct have a similar effect. Someone who complains about the mere existence of a code of conduct is pre-announcing that they like annoying or upsetting other people.
For the first few weeks this resulted in a lot of fights, but after that the moderation load as a whole was much lower. In effect, they'd found a means for flushing out those who liked provoking others and a clear rule to ban them with. There isn't a large number of such people, they're a tiny but very loud minority.
Codes of conduct have a similar effect. Someone who complains about the mere existence of a code of conduct is pre-announcing that they like annoying or upsetting other people.