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And because my opinion is so disgusting, I'd still rather have an admin explanation where the line should be. I've been personally affected by the getting kicked from the Carnifex (hi, Kasimir), and want to know if my expectations are wrong. I've been told to ISSUE regarding said outguilding, but why? I don't know if I have a leg to stand on without ground beneath my feet.

The outguild button has meaningful mechanical use that can easily be abused, and you're either disagreeing with the importance of the values I'm stating (GR, plagiarism/disrespecting volunteer time, influencing elections and referendums, sanction privs, guildhall), or disregarding them because whatever vision of your guild you're defending is too important to give people every opportunity to play the game and ingratiate themselves into eventual leadership responsibility. Or, you're being lazy, a prick, an elitist, or a combination of these things. Punish your errant guild members in other ways. I'm missing any posts here that describe another reason it's okay to outguild, regardless of my take where I expect book-keeping and due process.

Ultimately, if people don't want me around, I don't want to be around. This is a social game and people don't want to social, I'm not going argue with them. Half my reservations about engagement are the stated fear that I can arbitrarily (ego, preference, w/e) have all that engagement wasted by not even the guild master's privs. And even if I somehow win an issue and get back into the guild, why stay? The same people that wanted me out still want me out, and will eventually kick me again for something else just as arbitrary. It's a huge loss-loss unless you're ruining the clique-in-charge's day.

You're assuming a lot @Ensis.

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If this is what the conversation distills into, there will always be something you want from the other half of the game, and you're trying to have your cake and eat it too.
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I have actual opinions on the outguild button though. As explained in HELP 8.7:
While a Guildmaster may, at his or her option, choose to expel a guildmember, the Gods prefer that some leniency is given, especially for young members.

Kicking someone from a guild should happen never. [......] There is never a reason to permanently ban anyone, and no exiling should last longer than a real life year. Enemy status should not be maintained for longer than a year, though I'm completely cool with requiring that the exile ask to have enemy status actually lifted.

What situations demand a boot? If you can ISSUE the person, and you think you will win, you can probably go ahead with the boot. There are 0 other reasons to destroy someone's rank, put into question their works, destroy their ability to vote, remove their sanction privileges, and remove access to stuff within a guildhall for less. The room for abuse is huge.

I cannot speak for the others but that's what I disagree with. There are many reasons and situations that call for outguilding. Treason (Selling guild secrets, stealing from the guild, killing guild members [especially leadership], actively going against guild goals and ideals, etc.) tends to be the common reason that outguildings occur. Although not as often cited and usually open to a wide berth of interpretation and thus typically more open to disputes , organizational health is another valid reason for outguilding someone. The list can go on really.