Whether you believe your actions are from a place of honest discussions or not does not change the fact that your actions on this account portray a rage baiter who particularly finds joy in attacking vegans. Your stance on consumer activism is a very weak reason to specifically target vegans considering that consumer activism is just a consequence of going vegan. At the heart of veganism is the understanding that non-human animals deserve compassion and rights, not consuming them would be part of it wether you live in a capitalistic society (in which case you could say that in a sense you are participating in consumer activism) or a communist society (where consumer activism is not really a thing)

Your cry for help here shows your bias. It paints a picture of a person who has a target demographic that they enjoy harassing.

@[email protected] I don't know your policy, I don't know you, but is this really the kind of user you want to entertain? Look at his recent comments. This is not honest discussion.

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I also noticed that he is the mod of c/vegan... I don't know what the policy and goal of your instance is but I doubt that the entire instance is satirical/trolling. The fact that he is modding a community which he is actively fighting against and is ideologically opposed to is ridiculous. It makes the community dead on arrival and it once again shows that he is not having a good faith discussion.

Regarding the admin in question making the statement that your prior conversation with db0 "wasn't with them" - fuck that noise. That attempt at rationalization alone is enough for me to call their action an abuse of power. I was in agreement with their thought process up until that statement, but using that as a justification reads as "I have authority and what I say goes." More than one admin on this instance has served as an illustration of the corrupting nature of authority.

That being said, you come off as the type of person who has far too often avoided, by virtue of hiding behind a screen, being punched in the in the fucking mouth for your cowardly behavior. If you know you're an abrasive asshole, don't be a craven little shit on top of it. Starting static and then hiding behind a hierarchy when you get your little feelings hurt in return is some real bridge-dwelling bullshit. You deserve the action that was taken, regardless of the piss poor "clarification" given by the admin in question. If that little wrist slap, which is far less than you ask for in consideration of the way you engage with others, is enough to make you tuck your tail and scurry off to find a new viaduct to settle under, good fucking riddance.

Coming back to this thread, I do think some of your comments were inflammatory. If you were to receive a ban, it should have been for trying to bring fights in the comments (but even that is ambiguous at best). I agree that the ban for a comment was too much. An admin shouldn't be conflating one such action with overall behaviour. As for "repeated bad-faith behaviour", it is not so far out to ban you I think. People should be responsible for their own actions.

God I love this petty bullshit, Lemmy is so cool lol. It's two hours mate, go for a walk

I think you're taking things way too seriously, friend.

All of Lemmy is just a discussion forum. If you go somewhere on Lemmy, end up not liking that space, then you can go somewhere else on Lemmy.

YDI. And that's ok. Laugh and shrug it off and move on. There will also be times you DON'T deserve it. Then you do the same thing: laugh and shrug it off and move on.

Lemmy is fun. But it's just an internet forum of anonymous randos talking shit. Which can be great! But it's not that serious.