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by jononomo 733 days ago
Ok, I'm not sure whether you're reading this or not, but check out this thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=40627548

Is that an interaction that is worthy of a ban?

I feel that what often happens is that I make a non-flame-war comment, and then someone comes in and uses passive but extremely aggressive language against me, and then I am forced to either retreat or to hold my own.

I look like the bad guy, but the other guy is actually the unreasonable one.

You are a world-class moderator so I have no problem with your judgment!

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Yes, it's worthy of a ban, because you kept perpetuating a religious flamewar after I'd just asked you to stop doing that.

The other user was also at fault, and I've asked them not to do that in the future.

The reason I've banned you while merely warning the other user is not that I'm taking their side. Rather, it's that we'd warned you multiple times, including recently. That is not the case with the other account. Also, your account has a longstanding pattern of doing this over and over again. HN is not the place for this sort of generic flamewar, whether about diet, religion, or anything.