In short
I got a reply from a prolific anti-vegan troll and referred them back to an earlier conversation we had. Got banned for "harassment" and "following someone around" when in fact they replied to me and keep following vegans around when they post against anti-vegan propaganda.
The 14-day ban and comment removals by @aeronmelon@lemmy.world: https://lem.lemmy.blahaj.zone/modlog/45638?page=1&actionType=All&modId=6106918&userId=18352111
And the posts in question:
The comments when I posted them rendered as
Oh hey its you
The link is to a discussion which expanded is this here (The link goes to the comment with the highlighted star):
With background
The person in question is a very dedicated anti-vegan troll who is known to make non-sequitur claims as replies to vegans, in the hopes of roping then into a defensive position under the guise of "debate".
To exemplify this I engaged with them a couple months ago and got a perfect showcase of their behaviour. I had never used this and have never replied to them since then (at least I don't remember that I have and searching didn't turn anything up). But then when they replied to me yesterday I did. And got promptly banned for "harassment" and "following someone around". I messaged the mod who banned me to no reply.
Their behaviour is being enabled by lemmy.world mods like @aeronmelon@lemmy.world who will readily delete comments made by vegans should they dare step a foot outside of the norms of "civilized debate", like e.g. in the same thread (1) and (2). The petulant and incessant trolling by them is of course never subject to such moderation actions.
To any vegan comrades, do not engage this troll, you risk getting banned and your comments deleted.
Apparently I used wrong account to post this. Will have to switch accounts to my blahaj account on occasion to reply to comments, apologies.
Again we have to obey laws where our server is hosted and where most of our userbase or face being shut down. Also hateful speech is generally not allowed on feddit, regardless if it is from Anti-Zionists or Zionists. We have banned a fair share of Antideutsche too.
I know you think that sounds even-handed but please remember that zionism is a form of settler colonialism. You are in effect saying "we don't allow hateful speech whether it is from the afrikaners or the anti-apartheid activists."
Why are you allowing speech from zionists at all? Why shouldn't the antifascists be full of anger towards the pro-genocide camp?
The whole world is witness to what zionism means, this is like coddling 1943 germans. Could you imagine the rhetoric a palestinian who had his wife and kids blown up would use against some of your members? Would they be protected or banned?
It's just a liberal excuse to promote the same garbage and ban any dissent of it, and yes that does include banning antifascists for "politeness".