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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards
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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.
Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.
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- Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
- What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
- Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).
- Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).
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- PTB - Power-Tripping Bastard: The commenter agrees with you this was a PTB mod.
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- YDM new - You Deserved More: The commenter thinks you got off too lightly.
- BPR - Bait-Provoked Reaction: That mod probably overreacted in charged situation, or due to being baited.
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You can't even have a conversation with a trans person because you might say something that gets you banned. If that's really the case you should just come out and say it so the powers that be can "self moderate" your probably transphobic ass out of here. Or maybe you could "choose different" communities because it would be a blessing to never see BillyGruf talking about trans people ever again
Well, if you don't see how that aspect of yourself could be seen as transphobic, I can see why you don't think you're transphobic, but you're clearly very passionate about a topic that most other people recognize as transphobia. There's nothing wrong with that in itself, but I think you can see a conflict like this was fairly likely if you're regularly posting indiscriminately with no little knowledge of the communities you're talking about. It's not the end of the world nor is it an attack on you or your passions. You'll either learn to self moderate or choose different communities.
Now, if you don't mind I'm gonna step away from this conversation because you are a waste of time
Or maybe because a bunch of mindless tribal assholes, you, are gonna jump down my throat and shove words in my mouth.
I'm asshole-phobic. I admit it. People like you. Yeah, fuck them.
Nice use the username in case I delete the comments where you misrepresent my views that way you ruin the account. I can't see how completely eliminating the incentive to disengage could possibly result in more conflict.
I couldn't give a fuck less about trans people. Actually, I could. I'm generally on the live and let live, but despite how much of complete fucking bastards you've all been in the responses I actually do still have to argue in favor of defending them from stupid ass political bullshit. Right at this particular moment, dealing with you and the other people here, I really don't want to believe that they should be defended, but unfortunately for my current mood - I do actually believe trans people should be left alone and treated like any other person. Unless I suppose they're being assholes on the internet, then they should be told off as assholes on the internet.
prick.
Right back at ya. Sayonara transphobic shit.