this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2025
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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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All posts should follow this basic structure:

  1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
  2. What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
  3. Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).
  4. Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).
  5. Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.

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Expect to receive feedback about your posts, they might even be negative.

Make sure you follow this instance's code of conduct. In other words we won't allow bellyaching about being sanctioned for hate speech or bigotry.

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Not really "powertripping". Just pathetic. Consider this a notice to avoid feddit.org... I've unsubbed and blocked the instance.

We can't dehumanize fascists for their choice to dehumanize everyone for things outside their control though, because that would be mean, and hurt their sociopath feefees!

Europe stool idly by throughout the 1930's "tolerating" fascism, and the Nazi's killed over 100 million people. Don't make the same mistake as the radical centrists of history. Fascists will not afford you the same tolerance or courtesy.

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[–] MissGutsy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 71 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (39 children)

feddit.org is a German hosted instance that has to abide by the German law. By that law, your comment falls into a grey-zone of legality. As much as I agree with you, they were right in removing your comment, as they are legally obligated to. They could get into trouble if they don't.

To quote the feddit.org sidebar:

Content that is illegal in Germany, Austria or Switzerland will be deleted and can lead to an immediate ban of the account.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 22 points 5 days ago

This line of reasoning was used by certain mods on lemmy.world when the public was posting pro Luigi sentiment.

They cried that dutch law then US law required them to remove this comments and to suppress the discussion on news and politics subs on lemmy.world

The largest pro luigi sub today is hosted on lemmy.world....

This agreement is getting tired. Sure whoever runs the servers can do as they please, but the excuse of law breaking is disingenuous.

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[–] anzo@programming.dev 36 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Hi, I happen to be a moderator on that community. I wouldn't have banned you but I won't put my partners' decision under scrutiny if this is a temporal ban. If this ban is permanent, feel free to DM me, I'd like to review what happened here.

PS. Moderating communities is exhausting! And terribly difficult given my account is not on feddit.org

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Always keep in mind the human on the other end. The human who has made their whole identity be about dehumanizing other people. Remember, remain respectful and considerate, only they get a pass at ignoring that.

Wait, why are governments suddenly falling to fascism!?!?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 97 points 6 days ago (32 children)

Consider this a notice to avoid feddit.org… I’ve unsubbed and blocked the instance.

... but that looks like a mod/comm ban, not an admin/instance ban?

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[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 54 points 6 days ago (8 children)

This seems like a 50:50 type scenario. I personally wouldn't bother with moderation unless someone complained, but a good faith arguement can be made that you were breaking the rules.

While the current US adminstration is arguably somewhere between proto-fascist and fully fascist (there is lots more room for democratic and human rights backsliding), I can see how dehumanisation can be seen as a legitimate moderation reason for your comments.

[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 40 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (9 children)

They seem to only have a rule against dehumanisation of minorities, where the term is pretty clearly intended to mean minorities generally subject to persecution/bigotry:

4. No bigotry, sexism, racism, antisemitism, dehumanization of minorities, or glorification of National Socialism.

I feel the ban is a bit over the top, anyway. I get the post being removed for being a bit too aggressive, but to immediately ban over (what I presume) is a first offence... I'd simply give a warning myself.

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[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 42 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Not a power tripping Mod just a huge misunderstanding.

Vance, you wanted to label as Nazi and went off a rant, was only mentioned indirectly, so you probably couldn't mean him.

And instead of talking to the Mods you started this post.

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I give Nazis all the rights they want to give to me. And all the lefts too.

If you follow an ideology of intolerance, you are no longer entitled to tolerance from others. I will not engage in discourse with followers of an ideology that would enslave my family and likely deport, imprison or exterminate those who are of color and/or disabled.

That's what it comes down to. You can't have any sort of discussion after that point. The conversation has been reduced to either I stop you or you destroy my life. There's nothing more to be said.

If I'm not human in your eyes, you've already proven your inhumanity to me.

[–] sheepy@lemm.ee 24 points 6 days ago (15 children)

Nazis are shitbags, yes, but like, calm down a bit. Don't stoop down to their level.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago (12 children)

that's not even remotely close to their level.

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[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

My grandad who fought in WW2 used to say to me "You don't speak to Nazis. You shoot Nazis".

I may be less radical than that but I would gladly see all nazis and nazi apologists on compulsory re-education courses or in prisons.

Edit: I hope the OP don't mind me using this post in my https://lemmy.world/c/opisafuckingidiot community with the explanation that this time it is a mod who is an idiot: https://lemmy.world/post/25616034

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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 25 points 6 days ago (46 children)

Well, yeah. We don’t condone murdering murderers, either.

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