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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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I was banned from this community for calling out a moderator’s ableist behavior (media.piefed.world)

submitted 17 hours ago by SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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As you can see they edited their original comment and added a comment to try to justify their behavior after they had banned me when I couldn’t defend myself.

I did make a mistake and thought that flatworm and db0 voted to refederate with hexbear and not lemmygrad but voting to refederate with lemmygrad doesn’t help disprove the claim that db0 is anti-tankie.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/49093780 (Link to post where they voted to refederate with lemmygrad)

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[–] MysticMushroom1776@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

YDM troll

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

The administration here can be pretty shitty to talk to sometimes, but they're generally fair. Flatworm made a mistake then changed it because they didn't want to be "that guy". You kept on it relentlessly. And by the way, your screenshots don't line up with the way you described the events in your comments. That plus the fact that I've literally seen you calling for genocide... Yeah, you're a troll, YDI.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

How does it not line up?

I’ve never called for genocides I’m pretty much against them all.

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

How does it not line up?

In another comment, you implied that you were banned to keep you from speaking out about the edit, as though they were trying to hide it. Your own images in the main post disprove that.

I’ve never called for genocides I’m pretty much against them all.

This is a lie. It was here. It's removed now, but I tagged you, under my own volition, based on that comment.

The moderators agreed with me.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 1 points 3 hours ago

They edited and justified their comment after they banned me just like I said.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

How’s that for irony?

Even flatworm agrees that’s a joke.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

You're showing a screenshot of being told you're not funny as evidence they're saying you're telling jokes?

This is why you keep the trolls around as pets, folks. Who needs AI?

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 hours ago

YDM

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 hours ago

BPR, open up with calling everyone you disagree with delusional, then cry foul at the response. He then changed the response after thinking about it.

you seem really worked up about so-called 'tankies', i suggest going outside.

[–] aaaa@piefed.world 17 points 17 hours ago

I think when you create a persona based on trolling, you have to expect that your serious comments won't be taken seriously

Not that you precisely deserved it, but this shouldn't be a shocking outcome

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 16 points 17 hours ago

BPR at best. Delusion, which you used yourself in your opening line is a medical term and that also muddies the waters, but mostly its just obvious you came in for a fight. I would probably ban you for like a week myself.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I mean the whole interaction feels like spoiling for a fight, but reacting like an internet comment is a 'diagnosis' seems like intentionally perpetuating conflict.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It’s no different then calling someone the r-slur and editing a comment and trying to justify it after handing out a ban seems like power tripping bastard behavior to me.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I do not think it is because an r-slur is an slur and dementia is not.

But it does show they felt they shouldn't use that word, for whatever reason, and they changed it. It looks like they expressed some kind of remorse and you're jumping on it as a gotcha rather than an overture towards decency and discourse.

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I edited the comment out of an abundance of caution because I take ableism seriously. It didn't seem ableist to me at the time, more like smcf was engaged in a cheap point scoring exercise, but I was willing to remove the comment, even though it seemed like he was just being a debate pervert. And his original comment was clearly a lie. Just because he changed his story after getting banned doesn't mean a thing. That's what all trolls do when they are caught.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Where did I change my story?

I sent you a DM admitting I got lemmygrad and hexbear confused and if you didn't immediately ban me after insulting me I could have explained it to the thread to.

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I banned you because I'm sick of seeing your username pop up in places where it isn't wanted, trolling as hard as you can to stir up instance drama. Go spread your toxic bullshit somewhere else. The fact you are straight back to continue this pointless and frankly pathetic drama makes me think a longer ban is in order tbh.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

smcf was engaged in a cheap point scoring exercise

he was just being a debate pervert

And his original comment was clearly a lie. Just because he changed his story after getting banned doesn’t mean a thing. That’s what all trolls do when they are caught.

And after I ask you how I changed my story you change your tune to:

banned you because I’m sick of seeing your username pop up in places where it isn’t wanted...

I brought this up because you were acting like a power tripping bastard and right now you are proving that you are one.

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Wow, you really are a debate pervert.

There is no change of tune. I offered you a reason for your ban, trolling, and that reason was, and is, accurate. I simply added that I'm getting tired of it.

Simply turning up to ~~every~~a yptb post to call us tankies adds nothing to the community.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I've never once turned up to a post on this community to call anyone a tankie.

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I was warning the poster that y’all didn’t like being called tankies and that you don’t like zionists either.

I don’t blame you on the second point.

I thought my comment was pretty clear.

Edit: You commented that I jump into ‘every post and call y’all tankies’ and that one comment is all you can come up with?

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

So for no particular reason, you thought you'd drop a comment on a yptb post warning some random commenter about:

a) our instance policy on zionism (because you thought they might be a big zionism enthusiast?) b) also, that dbzer0 as an instance is "getting close to .ml levels of delusion everyday" (wtf does that even mean?) c) also, when mrdown correctly pointed out the obvious that we are "against zionists and tankis", you immediately replied with your nonsense about how I voted to refederate hexbear, as if that was proof of anything, especially when you can't even get your facts straight about which instance the vote was for.

How can you sit there with a straight face and argue you weren't here just to troll, stir drama and ponce around like a walmart version of mccarthy? You are fooling nobody.

Edit: Debate pervert. You can't stop yourself. I'm done carrying water for you.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So for no particular reason…

Just in case you’re forgetting the post

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

Disengage

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Your comment started a fight and you continued it. Flatworm seems to agree it was a poor choice of words, since they changed the comment.

What kind of energy did you bring to that conversation? It looks like Flatworm was barely meeting you where you were at.

A two day ban looks fair to me.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

They ignored a pm trying to clear up the lying and trolling allegations and edited their comment and added justification for their ableism know I was banned (because they banned me.)

That’s power tripping bastard behavior.

People should be able to handle civil discourse on the internet without resorting to personal insults.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Are you trying to bait me now, too? This has nothing to do with the energy you brought to the table, calling them delusional right off the bat.

Looks like you're trying to continue the fight.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry are you under the impression I called flatworm delusional?

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Not taking this bait, no sir.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -4 points 9 hours ago

This has nothing to do with the energy you brought to the table, calling them delusional right off the bat.

I'm trying to clarify what you meant here because I never called flatworm delusional and your comment isn't clear if you understand that or not.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Uh, if you're trying to continue an argument into DMs (which you're then publicly posting screenshots of) then I think you push yourself solidly into YDI. Honestly great call by the mod.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Why do you think this is continuing an argument and not providing the proof that the mod requested?

I could not post it in the thread to defend myself at that point because after the mod insulted me they banned me.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Why do you think this is continuing an argument and not providing the proof that the mod requested?

You can't parse this? If they didn't respond to a DM, they were letting you have the final word, which is usually the most important thing, right? Since, you know, you needed to screenshot it and make that public. Which makes this about more about continuing the fight that triggered the ban...

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -4 points 14 hours ago

Well that's one way to view this.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 15 hours ago

Trolling is too subjective to be used a justification for banning. I will die on this hill.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world -1 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

The tankies have been working on db0 for a while but I think it isn't taking as well as they would like. The vote (a year ago) was overwhelmingly against refederation, and I've seen a reasonable amount of pushback to their bullshit recently as well.

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 hours ago

The one and only difference is that we aren't constantly at each other's throats nowadays. I'd say everyone just grew up a bit. Shame it's not happening over the aisles in centristville.