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.

Posting Guidelines

All posts should follow this basic structure:

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.

Rules

Post only about bans or other sanctions that you have received from a mod or admin.
Don’t use private communications to prove your point. We can’t verify them and they can be faked easily.
Don’t deobfuscate mod names from the modlog with admin powers.
Don’t harass mods or brigade comms. Don’t word your posts in a way that would trigger such harassment and brigades.
Do not downvote posts if you think they deserved it. Use the comment votes (see below) for that.
You can post about power trippin’ in any social media, not just lemmy. Feel free to post about reddit or a forum etc.
If you are the accused PTB, while you are welcome to respond, please do so within the relevant post.

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.

YTPB matrix channel: For real-time discussions about bastards or to appeal mod actions in YPTB itself.

Some acronyms you might see.

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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Apparently, due process is unrelated to an illegal deportation without due process case. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by Rhoeri@lemmy.world to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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DISCLAIMER: this is not my content that was removed, I just came across it in the modlog and found it to be absurd. If it’s not allowed, I totally understand.

Reason removed was because it’s unrelated.

Unrelated…..

The guy was illegally deported without due process. And yet for some reason, suggesting so is somehow “unrelated” to a meme that is trying to say that because he is affiliated (no charges were ever filed against him for gang-related activity) with a gang, he is by default, guilty.

What’s ironic, is that the entire point of the meme is that the bullshit about him being in MS-13 is unrelated to the fact that people want accountability for this administration illegally deporting a man without due process.

This mod has definitely chosen the correct name.

And even taken into consideration that the instance is essentially a troll haven for wayward 4Chan refugees, they should still have to adhere to the rules of common sense.

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"I hate that this building's on fire, therefore I am fistfighting the firefighters. After all, they're not doing a good enough job." (Which, yes, I agree with you 100% that they are not.)

"Bro why are you bringing up fire extinguishers? I haven't said anything about them, no. Why would that be important?"

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I don't get the analogy. Who are the firefighters supposed to represent?

A more accurate analogy would be that the Democrats were responsible for the building's fire safety, but they were given a big donation by a company that provides for-profit fire services, so they decided to outsource it. Then the private fire company keeps reducing services, raising prices, and cutting staff to make more profit. The tenants all complain, but the Democrats refuse to accept feedback or to cancel the contract. Then one day, the Republicans are voted in charge, because the tenants are so fed up with the management of the Democrats. The Republicans award the contract to another company on even worse terms, because the owner made a big donation to their campaign. They also couldn't give a shit about the tenants. One day, the building burns down. The Democrats tell the surviving tenants that they should have voted for the lesser evil because they would (maybe) have been better off. That's where we are now.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 points 3 days ago

I don’t get the analogy.

Oh, I think you do.

Who are the firefighters supposed to represent?

You proceeded to tell an alternate analogy with the people they were supposed to represent instead moved to someone else in the analogy...