In the context of that specific community the question sure looks like bait

i could see what you mean if OP asked "Is New York Times transphobic" and leave at that, but OP seems to have elaborated on why the question and seemed pretty specific and not "baiting" unless now the whole topic becomes bait just for being mentioned? then maybe you are using the wrong word but bait doesnt seem like it

It isn’t really a stupid question, more of an observation phrased as a question.

a question that could be misunderstood as bait with elaboration under it doesnt mean its an observation phrased as question but you seem to contradict with what you said previously (maybe you didnt notice or overthinking it?)

news community would be a better setting to discuss the topic

i dont think news communities usually allow posts like this, do they? people only share articles and the posts usually not doing it comes from a mod

All they did was remove the post because it didn’t fit.

OP doesnt seem to be throwing the fit over their post being removed or trying to make it seem bigger than it is and actually being very specific and elaborating, your phrasing for someone judging others way to paraphrase their thoughts sure looks to attempt to minimize

i find it suspiciously weird how OP posted this quickly but that doesn't invalidate everything else (nor change whether YDI or PTB), it looks PTB to me (curious if OP got a private message from mods since this rule mentions they might get which could help understanding the decision, its not specified on the post)

While I’m not exactly sure what Sal was thinking with this particular incident, I think it’s hard to disagree that LGBT has become a part of the political circus and culture war.

of course its part of the culture war and you obviously dont know what you talking about if you think it makes talking about it negative at all unless you are on one of the spectrums advocating against it. also not elaborating on why to label it part of "political circus"?

The LGBT community works very hard to “build allies” (make disliking their weirdness socially taboo) because that protects them from further persecution. This is wise in a sense: It’s a peaceful mechanism of self defense. The issue is as polarization increases people can become confused about which side is the aggressor

current status quo in most places trans are being targeted, whats confusing about who is the aggressor part? its more taboo to say you are pro-trans rights in most places than not

the LGBT community knows it’s become a political element

due to politicians dangling over in their front how they will control over and what they should a have a right of, its not something it "became" you make it sound like its something recent which you clearly would be ignoring past history

I can’t tell you whether Sal made the right call or not.

which is why other people are asking for an official statement coming from Sal, but your whole comment goes around trying to defend what happened based on your definition of "political circus" not established within your comment other than throwing it over at the whole LGBT movement or just trying to avoid using the word trans while being shy to say you think its fair for a minority not affecting others lives other than misinformation being spewed on of them and hateful targetting

Debatable whether they’re political pawns being used to seize power or a political faction in their own right

mask slipping off? its fine if you admit you didnt notice the bias you are holding and try to learn from it but breaking down your comment makes it clear your intention whether on purpose or not

if nothing else @TRAHR@quokk.au is very clearly a very political account who probably shouldn’t be posting on mander in the first place

ends with calling out the person who is reporting possible power trip for clarity and to see whats going on as in the wrong here simply for being trans, a lot of labels to throw at trans people and not use the word a single time and end your comment with targetting one and labeling them political just for being themselves, the article posted in question was written by actual scientisfs and gone through using the scientific method, it seems perfectly fit for the community it was posted on