I submit for your judgement, my ban from a History Photos, after the mod (a favourite around here) loses his cool and breaks almost all the sub rules and the instance general guidelines.

Arguably he also breached instance rule 1 against ableist conduct and use of slurs as the history of the word moron is quite troubled - something I’ve disagreed with @[email protected] on before.

https://piefed.social/rules

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moron_(psychology)

For clarity I do not support any of the states identified by the US as rogue states. Discussing motives and outcomes does not equal support.

Rules

  1. Be respectful and inclusive.
  2. No harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
  3. Foster a continuous learning environment.
  4. No genocide or atrocity denialism.
  5. Photos MUST be at LEAST 10 years old, and ideally over 20. We appreciate that we are living through events which will become history, but this is ultimately not a comm for news or current affairs, but events which have occurred some time in the past.

https://piefed.social/comment/11787117

  • Cypher@aussie.zoneOP
    191·
    5 days ago

    This probably isn’t the community for it but as I was banned for ‘conspiracy theories’ I figure its relevant.

    The US has been quite open about its involvement in Libya and there are plenty of sources on this

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_involvement_in_the_2011_Libyan_Civil_War

    https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11556/IF11556.33.pdf

    Over a decade after a 2011 uprising and U.S.-backed military intervention that toppled longtime authoritarian leader Muammar al Gadhafi

    Congress has conditionally appropriated funding for transition support, stabilization, security assistance, and humanitarian programs for Libya since 2011

    The idea it could be a conspiracy theory that the US backed rebels against Gadhafi is beyond ridiculous, it was public, acknlowedged at all levels of the US government and is a matter of factual record that assistance including military and humanitarian spending. These actions were undertaken largely under the umbrella of a NATO intervention.

    Stating the fact that this happened isn’t condeming or condoning (though ousting Gadhafi was good, the fallout and subsequent rise of ISIS in the region was horrific) it is literally just the recognition of events as they happened.

    https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/operations-and-missions/nato-and-libya-february-october-2011

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-13908202

    • mrdown@lemmy.world
      151·
      5 days ago

      The start of the revolt was genuine but there is not a single doubt that the US was involved in destroying Libya. France was even more involved, it was france who brought the idea in UN to be involved under pretext of protecting civilians . Still this is a PTB

    • gnufuu@lemmy.ca
      411·
      5 days ago

      Keep the comments in YPTB posts about the moderation action itself, not about the general topic in which the moderation took place.

      Thought you might appreciate this quote from this comm’s rules since you’re so outspoken about following them.

      • Cypher@aussie.zoneOP
        91·
        5 days ago

        This probably isn’t the community for it but as I was banned for ‘conspiracy theories’ I figure its relevant.

        Right at the top of the post buddy. Going to follow the rules yet?

          • Cypher@aussie.zoneOP
            101·
            5 days ago

            It is relevant to directly refuting the reason for the ban as stated in the mod log.

            Got any more bangers there champ?

            • gnufuu@lemmy.ca
              37·
              5 days ago

              My bad, I could have sworn your comment was

              about the general topic in which the moderation took place

              and not

              about the moderation action itself