My opinion: No one should take your brofists from you because they were given by WE, THE PEOPLE. Bros fisted him one at a time, ban him, tag or whatever, but return what is rightfully his, silly as fists are, they're a token of appreciation by other users, not by admins/mods. Zeroing them doesn't feel right.
I care more about not having stupid tags than brofists, to be honest. How can anyone expect that I would be taken seriously with flaming tags floating under my name? That defeats any purpose of discussion. Just make me impossible of being brofisted, if it raises so much concern to the administration. I'll stop at Irenaeus IX if I keep getting these tags or not having my posts approved anymore or my IP banned or real life stuff.
Well, tags are a different matter. I have no idea how or why you "earned" those, but I'm not against the principle of tagging. This place is like a party happening in DU's house. He sets the rules, probably makes mistakes too, but in the end I think it's fair that he can tag. Why not, it's his place. Not discussing your case which I dont know, just talking in general.
I personally don't care about tags, because I see good posters tagged dumbfuck all the time, and I doubt people take it seriously. Tags only mean you pissed a mod, it's probably npt a good sign, but just that. But removing brofists is actually like telling the other people in the party "and by the way, none of you actually liked what this guy said". That is not authority, nor discipline.