Look, what I don’t fully understand here, is that i’m not the one creating the rules.

This rule has been breached, whether I agree with the rule is unfortunately not relevant. It’s my job to just do whatever is asked of me to do.
The whole discussion should be where mods should draw the line. Basically interpretation of the given rules. This was all we’ve been trying to discuss (or atleast so i thought)
Now that I see there’s a public outrage just because one post got flagged, like millions of others, is quite an odd concept.

everyone can be upset for their post being flagged and they can happily ask why. I have the moral to try to explain and perhaps find a reason why the post shouldn’t be flagged.

I don’t often give my opinions, but I do not like robert’s behaviour, so at the end everyone here had the same opinion on the matter regarding the original problem. (except for a few difference in severity etc, but not really different. Him specifically attacking users is not good, but in my opinion, one guy is not that big of a threat once we hit him with a good ban hammer)

I do not see why, just because we can differ on opinions on certain topics, would suddenly have to turn into a rebellion..

I would also like to note that Gigan’s replacing post was not totally what I was asking for, but i’ve tolerated it as it was an attempt at addressing the original problem. An attempt at diffision.

I would like to address that I was trying to find a middle ground with the community aboutone post being flagged. However when trying to argument, i’ve been repeatedly called names (often deleted afterwards) for no real reason.

I’ve flagged tons of posts already that have helped the community. How does one posts (regardless of the content; since it is through grammatical interpretation of the site guidelines, a clear breach of the rules). “In the righteouness”, that’s what y’all were doing, but please. Just because I actually enforce the given rules on the site, does not require this much controversy.

At the end of the day; lets say that flagging the post was a mistake. Then why this much chaos?
I was trying to explain Gigan why his post got flagged, he gave his opinion and then suddenly everyone came.
A flagged post that has eventually been given the green light should have been the end.

At the end of the day, I know that you (cuss) and others such as gigan and mellow have different thought processes, but come on. We’ve all known each other for some time, we’ve never really had actually issues besides on our opinions how certain things should dealt with. I’ve for some of you, privately messaged y’all to support/give advice.
You can still not like me at all, but there’s nothing much I’ve actually done bad except for civilly giving my opinion on certain matters.

My conclusion being: Why when someone differs opinion, why would that suddenly turn into hate? Why does this one flagged post suddenly represent all my mod work?

(also let’s not reignite? Just normal talking like your post)

We’ve long been aware that your circle of friends holds differing opinions from mine. However, I’ve never sought to impose my opinion on anyone here, including all of you.

I’d like to introduce you to the concept of “defamation.”

In my view, what makes people “shitty” isn’t solely their opinions, but rather how they impose them on others.

Furthermore, I believe everyone has the right to their own opinions. Whether you agree with what Robert said or not is up to you.

Honestly, I fail to see how he has demonstrated any threat to our community so far. I believe publicly exposing individuals for their opinions and resorting to defamation are clear indications of communal hostility and potential danger.
IIt’s not my role to pass judgment on people’s opinions. Feel free to dislike whoever you wish. My responsibility is to ensure that individuals adhere to the basic rules, specifically, no hate speech directed at others. I lack the authority to enforce rules within the Discord group; if I could, I would have advised Robert to cease (or to facilitate a respectful discussion). However, since I lack access to Discord and the authority to enforce rules there, I can only do so here, and I will continue to do just that.

Not to mention if youre so concerned about “kid-friendliness”

For people that do want to know what I wrote, here it is:

It’s termed as “escalation.” These conversations take place on an external platform within a private server or group where everyone has the freedom to express their opinions. Exposing someone for their viewpoint on a platform intended for socializing is unnecessary and only worsens whatever transpired in that Discord channel. There are millions of individuals who don’t support LGBTQ+ individuals, whether due to religious beliefs or personal ideologies. Spreading private matters like that and singling out members for their opinions only serves to escalate tensions and provoke conflict. This post serves no purpose other than to incite such.

You have access to his Discord; you can directly communicate with him to express your disagreement or discomfort. You’re entitled to take any action you see fit within that Discord group. Sharing this here only serves to publicize private conversations.

If Robert did the same, he would face the same consequences. Randomly expressing disdain for people without any intention of engaging in constructive dialogue but rather to spread hatred would result in the same consequences you faced. His opinion or yours holds no relevance to how individuals should behave on this platform.

I’m quite baffled on how neutrality is ever a bad thing. You’d wish if Robert did that here, that he would face the consequences, but not yourself.

What robert did on that discord can potentially lead to him facing consequences here, but you as an user also have the responsibility to be civil and address the problem to Ralph. He would happily yeet the guy with the ban hammer.

Facing consequences does not equal defamation or spreading drama.

Discord: challasfrl
if you wish to actually talk instead of making a scene here.

If you genuinely believe I should not be a moderator, then I personally will contact Ralph to do some form of community voting. I’ll happily resign if I do not represent the community as it wants.
That’s the true ideology of how moderating works and democracy on a bigger scale.