While a post will always be an accessible part of your log/blockchain, you can e.g. post a reply — directly or as a fork in the thread — to the post you wish to ‘retract’ and state why you feel the original post needs an erratum. That way, the original post will always have a note attached to it.
You could also tag the post with a tag of your own liking. Although I've been sailing the scuttleverse for some three years, I'm a newcomer to patchwork, so I'm not quite sure how tags work. Perhaps some of the butts you mentioned do.