Announcement: Regarding Recent Moderation Decisions

[Ceausescu]

If we are gonna dive into technicalities, may I then add that technically speaking, the N-word was never used in the first place. An alternative word was used by Lom and the bot did not recognize it as the N-word. So by our own moderators, which the bot is, it wasnt a violation.

And in any case, whatever word Lom did use that looked similar to the N-word, it was used in a hypothetical or experimental manner,  and certainly not aimed an anyone. I don't see any ''harassment'' in that.

Apparently, saying something that hurts the feelings of someone, constitutes harassment nowadays. I took a gander at those screenshots and all I'm going to say is that my worst fears have been confirmed. His so-called "bannable" hollywood comment? Perfectly legit and not offensive in the slightest, unless by "offensive" it means any criticism of our holy liberal overlords in hollywood, who are beyond reproach. The gun comment? Also didn't see anything whatsoever offensive, unless what is considered offensive is to criticize any statement that is anti-gun. The rest seem to me like the outbursts of a guy who's had enough of the clear liberal bias that the rules have taken.

Also, by the same standards of judgement and definition, Ikarius' derrogatory terms, the continued use of the word "fucking" and the extreme hostility of his entire "why we banned Lom" announcement, should constitute harassment as well. Remember, harassment is defined as "any language that offends and upsets". Pretty sure that Ikarius' rant about Lom constitutes that.

Looking at this whole thing and how Lom is effectively being smeared, all I can say is this is the final straw for me and this is where I am permanently taking my leave from this community. I have known Lom for years, we have had many conversations, including political ones and many debates regarding our diverging political views, with me being a communist and him being a republican. Yet, not once has he insulted me, or called me names, or behaved in any other way that would be disrespectful.

There is a double standard here, that I will not tolerate or abide by. Lom gets berated and banned for calling out legitimate BS in Hollywood, for saying that a certain idiot on twitter is an emotional woman, meanwhile Ikarius, who has a history of throwing absolutely horrid temper tantrums, gets to throw verbal abuse at Lom when he's not even here to defend himself. And in regard to any claims that the rules are unbiased? Lom got banned for an "emotional woman" comment. I highly, HIGHLY doubt that a feminist/liberal would have been banned if he/she threw around the "toxic male" line, even directed at another member of this community. And by the same standards, both comments should either be equally offensive and banable, or not at all.

I've said my two cents. Peace out.