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by kreetx 942 days ago
Right, I get that there are topics that are more sensitive than others and there are links and images which I guess are forbidden to use (a swastika for example). But if the issue at hand is about eating meat (?), then is having a meat loaf as the background image (or even a profile image which one would see involuntarily) reason to ban anyone? It is maybe provocative, but the thing to do there is ignore it, not ban it.
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thulle 941 days ago
The point seems to escape you, it isn't about the sensitivity of the issue, but about if the behaviour is changed or not.
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kreetx 941 days ago
If the issue is about preferences then what behavior is there to change? He's just supporting his case. Looks to me like the moderators have decided that their preference is "right" and the banned person is wrong, and then go on to abuse their power.

You're better than this - if you are a moderator then learn to ignore these (it won't be the last one you see in life :)).

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smoldesu 940 days ago
I'm a NixOS user, and having seen ideologically-charged members (on both sides of the aisle) maliciously edit package manifests, I'm glad these dick-swingers get kicked to the curb. There isn't room for your politics when designing open source software, and if anyone disagrees with that it's their prerogative to fork the software.

If it was my call, I'd go even further. If you're unwilling to put your love of software development before your arbitrary personal opinions, you shouldn't be trusted in the SDLC. It's a petty rabbit hole that ends in people writing overly restrictive CoCs instead of pounding down the offending users with a mallet. Make an example out of them.

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kreetx 939 days ago
AFAIK, srid hasn't "maliciously edited package manifests" as you put it. It's more like the moderators and srid don't agree on some off-topic topic, so the moderators (IMO) abused their power and banned him.

Also, apparently the discussion forum post (or github PR?) has been removed so there doesn't seem to be any good evidence either way. Looking at srid's PRs, mentions, discourse etc, it seems all ok, can't find any of these toxic derailments and what not.

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