This is how I can tell you aren't GenX lol. Ace of Spades by Motörhead was huge in the 80s
I've been using it for a while, you're right I was just told that. However I never seen politics discussed and there is a really strong community for like personal, polite conversation and support for things like arts and crafts and cooking. Until the wave of Americans started joining I never saw anything political at all literally ever and all of a sudden it became flooded it with Americans asking questions about China. The point stands is that you're going into another space with norms, one of which one used to be no non Chinese politics being mentioned literally ever, and experienced their known moderation. This doesn't seem weird to me, this seems in line. If I were a moderator I wouldn't really believe you were there in good faith since you are American and you had previously heard they go out of their way to aggressively censor any political messaging and still chose a political figure for a name. My name on XHS is related to cats.
This is the insight, just because something isn't specifically spelled out on the rules doesn't mean it isn't allowed. The thing that is prioritized above all else is Harmony. If you get moderated like this, not even banned, just take the L and move on.
I mean... you downloaded an app that has rules that are very clear, like no politics, distributed by a society that highly values following the rules and social cohesion and you are surprised that they removed your politically charged name and bio which is obvious rule breaking behavior? You really think this is weird?
Lemmy is software that can be used however the instance admin that hosts the community that you are using want it to be used. It is censorship proof which means that you are free to launch your own instance and publish your own content which will be sent to and be accessible from other Lemmy software instances that federate with you and allow the content or people can sign in themselves to your local instance if you allow them to make accounts and access your software and hosting.
I don't really think the name of the software matters. My server is called The Vegan Theory Club, and that is what I ultimately want people to look for and know. The fact that we are running the lemmy software is a bit incidental imo, it is a good website platform and I think if you are looking for software it is an obvious choice and in that context people aren't going to confuse it with Motörhead