There’s only one mod of !mop@quokk.au
I commented on their meme about Kamala Harris being just as likely to commit war crimes as Trump with an admittedly snarky, sarcastic reply that basically said “some of us wanted to whatever we could, as little as it might be, instead of watching the world burn. Must feel real morally superior safe behind that keyboard”
They banned me from the community for it.
Kinda funny for a community that bills itself as “free from the influence of .ml”
Oh yeah, they banned me for speaking out against the American GOP and how they’re using social media to convince people that their opponents (the Democrats) are just as bad (in a post where someone was literally trying to do just that).
I didn’t get a reason in my ban, though, but the mod log said it was for 74 years, so that’s funny.
I’m not complaining though. I just recognised the comm and thought, “oh yeah that’s the one that banned me.”
Fun fact: in some mobile Lemmy clients, you can’t block a comm that banned you, which means they get to serve you content you cannot block. (Not here to name and shame.) However, you can do it via the site itself, in settings → blocks. (Not sure about PieFed, I haven’t blocked much on my PF account.) And then the Lemmy client will honour the block. Being banned from a community should mean you block it, but this does not happen by default (and, there may be cases where you still want to read/view the comm even though you can’t interact with it).
no they did not. there is absolutely no chance you were banned for speaking out against the GOP. the thought is so patently absurd that the only reasonable conclusion is that you are a liar who is completely misrepresenting what you said to appear as a victim. I would wager you were banned for defending the fascist democrats, and you’ve decided to spin that as banned for speaking out against the GOP, because it’s very likely you’re a shitlib who incorrectly thinks the democrats are opposition to the GOP.
I know you were not banned for speaking out against the GOP, because I think I can speak for the mod in question when I say @deceptichum@quokk.au would like to see the GOP lined up against the wall and shot.
I would offer them a chance to surrender and spend their life redeeming for their actions first - if possible.
But yes 100% on board with shooting the gop.
As for the ban
It was because they tried pretending I was a GOP PsyOp and they had valiantly foiled my dastardly plans. Bad-jacketing and all that.
Specifically, the person was encouraging people not to vote against the Republicans because the Democrats were just as bad. I mean yeah, both parties are kinda shit, but the party in complete power astroturfing on social media to convince people the other side is no better so they can stay in power, it just seems absurd to me.
I don’t know if there’s a good third option Americans can vote for instead, but it seems to me that keeping the Republicans in power hasn’t done any good for the American people. In 2016, Trump lost the popular vote but was appointed, so by the way the system works, he won, and he did a pretty shit job. He lost the popular vote in 2020 by even more and Biden won. He started a riot and tried to prevent the transfer of power. He won fair and square (AFAIK) in 2024, and he’s made things pretty much worse in his first year. So we’ve seen what happens when you keep the Republicans of this generation in power.
And these people aren’t even saying “if we keep the Republicans in full control of all three branches of the American government, they’ll stop these pointless wars for oil, they’ll stop waging war on the LGBTQ+ community, and they’ll stop waging war on their own citizens.” They’re just saying “the other side is just as bad.”
That’s what the conversation was and that’s my point. I don’t lie — I didn’t come to this thread to make my case. I’ve stated it plainly here because you asked. What I came to this thread to do was to support the OP.