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  • Was going to answer this earlier but I thought maybe someone else might before I did.

    Yes, you’re on the right track, give or take a little nuance. On Reddit, this would get someone banned in a heartbeat, which is arguably not entirely out of left field.

    To explain it in summarized terms, basically there’s an admin of the ML instance and a community mod (the mod is from the community !casualconversation@lemm.ee).

    The mod and the admin happened to meet up on a post about LGBTQ+ rights, the mod herself being on the asexual spectrum. The mod brought up (because she thought it was relevant, as a third party member I guess) that the American Democrat Party often appeals to groups (such as Islam, even not minding their extreme side) who have a history of not seeing eye to eye with the LGBTQ+.

    The admin, who is known for being very articulate but reached a new low I’ve ever seen with this incident, tried getting his opinion in to no avail before removing half of her (the mod’s) replies there, banning her from a bunch of random communities to get a point across, effectively made her leave the instance, exposed private information of hers out of spite if that wasn’t enough, and then backlashed on Reddit when someone called him out on it.

    Reading between the lines makes me think of the encounters I’ve had with Islamic extremists.