No reason given in modlog, just permaban.

My only comment there in the past week or more:

I messaged the lone active mod politely asking if there had been a mistake or what the reason was, but have not received a reply despite them making multiple posts since.

Sucks, I've blocked the .world news comms and had been using this one since pretty much the beginning. Now this bullshit comes along.

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[–] 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I lurk once a month or two, but I got told to see this thread as I’m the one who did the ban.

Not sure why you’re not getting it, might be a software or instance issue. I saw your testing message however, so it’s coming through fine form your end.

As for the ban it was reported but also because I found it m pretty deragotory sounding towards both queer and First Nations people. If it was genuinely not intended that way and rather poor choice of words, I’m happy to unban.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 days ago

    If it was genuinely not intended that way and rather poor choice of words, I’m happy to unban.

    I'm an ally so no, it is definitely not intended that way. Rather, I found it slightly ridiculous because my mind was connecting it with 99% SLAs, in addition to its obvious unwieldiness for general usage. I'm not aware of its use as a dog whistle and can attest it's a fairly common opinion in Asia, even among those of the lgbt persuasion. Something that I find crops up as an issue fairly regularly online - a lot of moderation doesn't take into account that many users have a very different culture where they live.

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