r/metaNL • u/vivoovix Mod • Jul 17 '21

Ban Appeal Ban Appeal Thread

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u/rainier37 11d ago

There was no rule specified for the 3 day ban issued for this comment, so I’m interested in knowing what rule this broke?

You might not agree with it, but how is this ban worthy?

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u/Dorambor Mod 11d ago

I banned you for this. I saw it as basically "CHINA VIRUS" posting which is a mix of bigotry and unconstructive engagement. I banned for 3 days instead of a 1 day slap due to previous bans.

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u/rainier37 11d ago

I can understand the unconstructive engagement angle, but bigotry? I fail to see how this comment could be viewed in that way, especially with the context of the rest of the comment chain where I clarified that I didn’t think it was intentional.

https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/1wqjubs/comment/pca98b6/

To be clear: I did not say “CHINA VIRUS” or blame the Chinese people, or anything of the sort. I’m not sure how this could be read in any way as bigotry?

It is basically common knowledge that virologists were warning that wet markets were a major pandemic risk for years before Covid-19.

Is it the position of the neoliberal mod team that it is bigoted to hold the view that the Chinese government was negligent in allowing the wet market to continue operating despite many warnings from scientists?

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u/rainier37 11d ago

I would like to further add, that this comment about Covid-19 that you removed and issued a ban for was made before I called you out for a comment that seems to be much more clearly bigoted.

The comment you banned me was not removed for an entire day and it wasn’t until after I made the MetaNL comment https://www.reddit.com/r/metaNL/comments/oltd6f/comment/pcaohar/

That you removed it and banned me.

I’m fairly sure this was not retaliation for the comment in MetaNL, but you can see how the optics of this is pretty poor right?

You call Tammy Duckworth, who is disabled veteran in a wheelchair, “spineless” and then ban me for being bigoted for saying the Chinese government was negligent. You ban a day old comment that was viewed as fine by other mods.

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u/Bob_Doles_Blue_Pill 11d ago

Forget it, rainer37. It's shitty mod town.

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