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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?
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Some acronyms you might see.

PTB - Power-Tripping Bastard: The commenter agrees with you this was a PTB mod.
YDI - You Deserved It: The commenter thinks you deserved that mod action.
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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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As you might have noticed, there was a bit of drama lately around the moderation of [email protected] and feddit.org in general, with a result being the creation of [email protected].

So, I just checked the modlogs for unrelated reasons and stumbled upon this:

I have never engaged with this new community nor have I participated in any discussion around the aforementioned issues before the ban. I made one comment yesterday that refers to the discussion and one comment three days ago arguing about the way the feddit admins argued their point and stating the holocaust was on a much larger scale than the genocide against Palestine.

I don't know if I want this situation to be remedied though as this to me looks like guilty by association (I engage a lot with communities on feddit.org since I'm german and it's the largest german instance with a lot of relevant communities, so, duh) but I want to know if I oversaw something or if this is the style of moderation in the new community or the whole instance.

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[–] Sunshine 3 points 14 hours ago

YDI, I’m demoting your tag from vegan to zionist.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is the lowest quality Thread I have ever participated in this sub.

Too many bad faith actors came for it so at least we know we are going the right way lol

Cant tell if this your normal genocide apologist or German bootlicker variety but someone is big mad about the work that has been done in this community 🐸

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Now the dust has settled and I've seen both sides presented, i'm gonna say YDI on this one. The whole purpose of that community was in response to the Zionist position of feddit mods, so of course they are gonna ban Zionists.

Seems those folks aren't above trolling with throwaway accounts either. I had to remove a lot of nasty transphobic comments from this post, which might give a clue as to the character of some of the folks who are being banned. Not suggesting they came from OP btw.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I'd like to disagree with you. The whole purpose (or at least the stated purpose, but that would mean that the creator lied) was to create a community "free of censorship"

To lure people into the community with the promise of a community "free of censorship" and then censor in the opposite way is just wrong.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The whole purpose (or at least the stated purpose, but that would mean that the creator lied) was to create a community “free of censorship”

I don't think that was the intent at all. What the mod of the new Europe community objects to is the censorship by feddit mods of anything critical of Israel or critical of Zionism.

Fact is we aren't a "free speech" instance and have never claimed to be. The community rules are in fact very clear that Zionism isn't allowed (see below). Anyone who want to go whine about how the leftists at dbzer0 are all terrorist Hamas supporters because we want to stop Israel from starving children to death can go join the circle jerk over at feddit I guess.

No Zionism

Any forms of Zionism or Zionist rhetoric will not be tolerated here, this includes Zionist apologia, accusations of antisemitism towards anti-Zionists, or blatant denial or downplaying of the genocide towards Palestinians. Any attempt to uphold or prop up the IHRA definition of antisemitism, will be treated as Zionism. Anyone engaging in Pro-Zionist sentiment or apologia will be actioned in accordance with its severity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Yes I made it very clear and upfront that Zionist apologia is not allowed, I never said or claimed it was a free speech community or that there wouldn't be censorship. The fact that this thread was swarmed with sockpuppet trolls attacking me and the community just further proves I'm on the right path, and I will continue to issue bans to people acting like Zionist trolls or apologists.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

If you review most recent threads here, you will notice that we got some shill op underway.

While I hate censorship, in this case we are facing bad faith actors using throw away accounts. They are not here for discussion, this is retaliation for feddit.org europe community being exposed for being genocide enablers and apologists of israel and zionists.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (9 children)

YDI, don't support genocide.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 days ago

Lol, I don't though.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Hi. Thank you for posting this. I apologize that I didn't put the link to the comment in question in the reason or make it more clear. I have searched for and have re-applied the ban with a new reason including the link to your comment which prompted the ban. To specify, the claim that it is antisemitic to believe Israel shouldn't exist as a nation state is considered Zionist apologia. Rule 2 Prohibits Zionism in any form, and extends on and off community. This isn't the place to debate that or its merit.

Bans for bigotry and Zionism may be issued preemptively due to their severity and the fact that they undermine the values of the community. They will not be tolerated and if people really want to express Zionism or bigotry there are other places they can go.

Now I am open to appeals if people believe I made a mistake or if they believe they made a mistake, and of course you are free to appeal in the future when/if there is a new top mod in the community. But for now I think we're done here. I hope I was able to clear things up and I hope you have a nice day.

[+] [email protected] -12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So, explaining German law is zionism now?lmao.

and of course you are free to appeal in the future

Yeah, no, thanks, I'm fine. I don't want to be in a community with people who want to answer a genocide with genocide.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

answer a genocide with genocide.

What does this mean? This seems like a bad faith accusation which is in extremely poor taste right now. Are you trying to say that I encourage or death or harm to Israelis? Is that what you're saying? It sounds a lot like that's what you're implying. It's lovely when the mask comes right off and reveals people's true intentions.

[+] [email protected] -10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

You seem to equate any opinion on this topic that does not call for the dissolution of the state of Israel with zionism. And obviously, you regard zionism as something very negative (I'm not saying it isn't, I'm just trying to be comprehensive and therefore state something trivial, too). Ergo, you seem to regard the existence of the state of Israel as something negative. The logical solution to that is that you see the dissolution of the state of Israel as something desirable.
Now, keep in mind that the following does not have a say about anything regarding the situation in Gaza. As I stated elsewhere, there's a genocide happening against Palestinians, there's no denying that and anyone supporting that is just an asshole at least.
However, what do you think would happen to the Israeli that currently live in Israel? I'm not talking about West Bank "settlers" or other genocide tools, I'm talking about the majority of Israeli, the civilians, the jewish families who lived in Israel for generations now. They'd most likely be killed, displayed and all of that. And that's genocide, too.
Was creating the state of Israel a mistake when it happened? Probably. Would a single state where everyone lives together peacefully preferable? Definitely (and globally so, too). But is it possible to dissolve the state of Israel without a genocide against the jews there? Highly unlikely.
Hence you're arguing to answer genocide with genocide.

Also, I'm not going to get deeper into the argument. I never really wanted to get into this topic and I still just not want to get deeper into this cesspool. You made me though and therefore I'm blocking you now and I hope you're gonna be able to reflect on some stuff. Farewell.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

This is the same genocide apologia literally every single genocidal state has made.

Hell, every Apartheid state (not even genocidal) makes this same argument to justify apartheid.

You're not even evil in any original sense.

You're 'Evil, the classic flavor'

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Thank you for proving to everyone what kind of person you are, yeah you lost most of the respect you had with the implication you made in your first response and you lost the rest when you confirmed yourself as exactly the Zionist apologist we thought you were. Good riddance.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wow all the throwaway too lol YDI

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah agreed. This has to be one of the worst threads I've seen on here.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

YDI

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Not YDI but not PTB. Both sides are in the right. Saying the holocaust was worse than what Israel is doing in Gaza is a true statement but at the same time sounds like you are trying to make what is happening in Gaza seem like not a big deal (which it is) and sounds like zionist apologia if you don't make it obvious you dislike what Israel are doing.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

🍿

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Interesting activity

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (10 children)

stating the holocaust was on a much larger scale than the genocide against Palestine.

This aint victim Olympics, WW2 was 80 years ago, Gaza is now.

Either way, you should not be getting banned for expressing an opinion. I am so tired every fucking clown mod trying to pull out ban hammer for shit they don't agree with.

I guess we deserve what we got with this level of intellectual discourse 🤡

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Look at this commenters comments now. Do you see why they got banned?

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

PTB

Maybe they think you're a zionist because lot of german users have been defending feddit taking down anti zionist getting taken down because of some german bootlicker law.