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This community is on my Local feed so every so often for the past few years when I see a thread that's really overreaching to demonize a someone for acknowledging historical events, I have pointed that out.
Thusly, every so often OP tries to start a personal fight with me, usually resulting in deleting my posts or banning me anywhere they can. Goat has reversed it a few times, unprompted, too.
Like I don't really care for .ml moderation and think its counterproductive. But I just think the beefs are more interpersonal than anything. This is more or less proof.
So for context, I have expressed distain for the Roman Empire, so I am a literal demon to OP. I recognized Batista was a brutal dictator, once too. Cited a primary source, even.
Check my post history and my modlog history. I haven't ever account hopped, either.
I'm confused. Were you saying this community uses sock puppets and creates fake posts?
And now playing dumb, like he always does.
quiet you
"This is more or less proof about how .ml moderation Isn't That Bad(tm) because someone called me out for making false claims about this comm"
Fucking lol.
lmao
You really think that's why I dislike you? Disliking the Roman Empire (I didn't even remember that about you, funny enough), and calling a brutal dictator who've I've condemned multiple times in the past, quite openly, as a brutal dictator?
I don't what's worse - thinking that's a believable lie, or actually believing it yourself.
Aw, you still talk about me? How sweet! What is it, six months now without a presence on your instance, and I'm still the talk of the town!
That dude is up there with some of the cringiest shit I’ve seen on lemmy.