TokenBoomer is a certified rightoid freak, no surprise there.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2026
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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards
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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.
Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.
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- Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
- What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
- Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).
- Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).
- Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.
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Expect to receive feedback about your posts, they might even be negative.
Make sure you follow this instance's code of conduct. In other words we won't allow bellyaching about being sanctioned for hate speech or bigotry.
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- PTB - Power-Tripping Bastard: The commenter agrees with you this was a PTB mod.
- YDI - You Deserved It: The commenter thinks you deserved that mod action.
- YDM new - You Deserved More: The commenter thinks you got off too lightly.
- BPR - Bait-Provoked Reaction: That mod probably overreacted in charged situation, or due to being baited.
- CLM - Clueless Mod: The mod probably just doesn't understand how their software works.
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Fash grifters have been trying to cash in on the surging popularity of anti-zionism by promoting anti-semitism. Ofc we shouldn't tolerate this.
At the same time capitalist media has been promoting these fascists as the actual voice on anti-zionism, etc. Since liberals generally consume capitalist media, it's not surprising that some would wind up promoting fascism. That's basically what liberalism is.
Yeah that community hosts weird shit from time to time.
That poster in particular I think gets caught up in promoting some nasty stuff while trying to take a very hardline anti-imperialist stance. I think it's a sort of "broken clocks" attitude, but that ends up promoting people like Tucker Carlson or posting straight up antisemitic shit (no, not anti-Zionist, yes, there's a difference, I don't wanna do this whole shtick rn, I mean content that is bigoted against Jews as a whole, not just anti-Israel).
It's exhausting to see, because that's exactly how these Nazi extremists justify themselves and normalize their attitudes within different communities and they're falling for it.
Exactly. Carlson says what is useful to expand his audience, and treating him like a reasonable person is the trap that he wants people to fall into.
He was giving Nick Fuentes tips on how to be more mainstream just a few months ago.
You have admitted in other posts in this thread that, "I did deserve it." In your OP, you mention, "I’m not mad that I got banned, I was very rude to the guy,"
So why post here? You admit that you were being rude, you called the guy a name, and you said you deserved the ban. The guy is not exactly a "Ye Power Trippin' Bastard" for banning someone who admits they deserved it.
Your post is really you bitching about a comm you don't like, not about a power tripping bastard who abused his authority. That's not the same thing.
Dude, just block the community and be done with it and move on. People are allowed to post shit you don't like. That's why you have the choice to block the poster/community and never see that kinda shit ever again.
Start your own community and be the change you wanna see.
I saw this as your comments were being deleted... although I agreed with you position... eh... you weren't being very nice. I get why you got your comments deleted, and maybe a day ban. did you get perm-banned?
People shouldn't have to be nice to people sharing nazi content.
Nope, just a couple days.
Again, that part isn't a big deal, and I did deserve it. Still, I think I'm done with that place if they're hosting Nazi content.
This isn't the first time, either.
I've been subbed to that comm for a while, and I've seen some odd stuff there, too. and it's not a very tolerant place for discussion, as you have found out, yourself. good links, but sometimes weird content.
like many places I've found in the lemmyverse, it's one of those "vote and move on" comms
Considering the bulk of your “arguments” were either “chicken shit coward” or more simply “coward”, I’m gonna go with YDI.
And if you already knew a place has a history of something you don’t like, and you ho into that place guns a blazing, you don’t have any right to go all shocked pikachu when you get thrown out on your ass, especially when all you did amounted to throwing a tantrum.
I already said I wasn't mad about being banned, and I deserved it.
And I wasn't arguing, because he wasn't. I asked why he posted it, and he deflected like a chickenshit coward.
I'm pointing out here that there are moderation problems with the community claiming to be "progressive" while hosting Nazi propaganda.
That was the point? That was an awful lot of complaining about why you were banned and not enough focus on what you say you’re trying to point out, which still doesn’t make sense given that posting a link does not automatically constitute support for said viewpoint. It’s a political forum meant for discussion. You dove straight into name calling from your top comment. Again, YDI.
And until you can actually demonstrate a bad faith argument on either the poster or the community, saying someone is “chicken shit coward” for not wanting to engage someone who comes out of the gate swinging, you won’t convince me otherwise.
As far as I’m concerned, your argument is lost based on your attitude.
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It is a perfectly fine thing to use the enemy's words to sow disruption amongst the enemy - it's pretty much SOP in the propaganda business.
However, depending on the audience, this should always be placed in the proper context.
Why this wasn't done in this particular instance seems merely to confirm my (thoroughly justified) biases against these (so-called) "progressives" (ie, edgy liberals cosplaying as leftists) who would happily accept people like Carlson back into the fold as long as he hides his raging white supremacism behind appropriate liberal political decorum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreaking:_The_Worst_Person_You_Know_Just_Made_a_Great_Point
Practically everyone on Lemmy knows Carlson is a POS. Some of us suspect he’s a CIA op or asset, and if he isn’t, he may as well be.
It’s one thing to state what should be obvious, and another to fly off the handle about it.
I'm firm in my position that someone who posts obvious Nazi shit and gets defensive and dodgey when pressed is a chickshit coward. I stand by what I said, and I make no apology.
I stand by what I said, and I make no apology.
Then enjoy your ban. I mean, you don't like the comm, so being banned shouldn't affect you. It's not like you were being a grown-up and looking for serious conversation. You went in there calling the guy a chickenshit coward. Is that really the kinda conversations you think should be taken seriously?
Even if the comm sucks, you calling someone names makes you deserve the ban.
So YDI from me, fam. It's still a shitty comm, tho! :)
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