this post was submitted on 01 Dec 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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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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1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?

https://quokk.au/u/Deceptichum

2. What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?

74 year community ban for 'homophobia'

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).

here's the exchange that resulted in the ban:

5. Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.

I'm gay, trans, and an anarchist. I thought the post title was misogynistic, objectifying, and not a good example something that should be in a 'queer friendly' space.

Not everyone is okay with sexual degradation humor, misogynistic comments, etc, even if it's about people you disagree with. Pointing that out in this case got me called a homophobic tankie and banned within minutes of making the post.

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Ok y'all need to stop with the rage bait comments or I'm locking the thread. Discuss the mod actions only please

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

PTB.

Entirely unsurprising for that mod in particular, they've equated communists to Nazis and said "tankie fucks deserve to get their heads bashed in." Extremely aggressive 100% of the time whenever they encounter a Marxist, or even like in the OP an anarchist that happens to disagree with them.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would argue it’s because you’re on lemmy.ml, and people who are obsessed with stuff like this think it really means something instead of being one of the more popular instances.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm a Marxist-Leninist, I say that openly. The target of the OP calls us "authies" and "tankies," and seems to have an on-site hostility mindset when it comes to Marxists.

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[–] lib1@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago

PTB 100%. It’s not hard to see the association between being anti-misogyny and being pro-queer. It’s not conflating the two as being the same thing. Mod reasoning seems intentionally dishonest

[–] fl1p@piefed.zip 26 points 3 days ago

PTB That mod needs a chill pill holyy

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I feel like the mod was looking for an excuse here. I am not sure this is misogynistic per se, but definitely using a slur for "bottoms" (of any gender) to malign your ideological enemies is problematic and probably reinforcing patriarchy and toxic masculinity.

On the other hand people in here going all "of course I'm not surprised they're sexist, since they're anti-ML" is some weak kick-them-during-the-pile-on shit given how there's hordes of patriarchy-lovingly homophobic Marxists (in fact I'd argue that's most of them, comparatively)

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

hordes of patriarchy-lovingly homophobic Marxists

sadly I am familiar with the trope, mostly from other spaces than here though. plenty of 'old guard' Marxist parties irl do suck in that exact way for example.

that is why I don't have much tolerance for 'patriots' of any affiliation and call shit out when I see it.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I mean, the guy is very vocal about virulently hating “tankies” and has horseshoe theory brain worms, which means that you’re a (“red”) fascist, which gives him license to boot you for just existing.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I think your comment is pearl clutching and not homophobic (both you and the mod), but I also don’t think it warranted removal.

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 days ago (11 children)

fwiw I wasn't saying the mod was homophobic based on that comment.

I just thought that it was unnecessarily sexually degrading and misogynistic, thus not a good fit in a 'queer friendly' space

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[–] remon@ani.social 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

What is misogynistic about the term cumrag and what do queer people have to do with that?

Still, the ban is a bit much.

PTB / BPR.

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago

I personally don't see the misogyny either. But maybe that's just because I need it explained to me? At this point it seems like PTB, because the mod went from zero to permaban with no discussion over the point Diva was making.

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[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago

Lol, I love a good pearl clutch-off. ESH, but more PTB due to the ban.

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