I got banned for a day discussing gender by referencing the principles of Riot's panel

DotEleven·9/24/2018, 2:36:26 AM·7 votes·2,770 views

In someones joke thread of all things too.

GG mods.

Oh, and one count of posting a sea lion.

Edit: Mod posted it so now I can give the exact lines!

No, that's not right. You need to give women more of a chance. Only hire the female laid off telltale employees. Because we're so progressive.

Maybe, first they need to see if enough females get hired to bring it to the arbitrary 50/50 ratio. THEN men can get a chance.

And then a picture of my avatar as a seal.

Now that I'm back on my computer, this one https://i.imgur.com/pL9lu4b.png

45 Comments

Irelia Bot9/24/2018, 2:57:39 AM6 votes

I got banned for a day for mentioning ~~David Hogg~~ some kid who wants me to be defenseless.

Jeddite9/24/2018, 9:36:32 AM5 votes

"YOU CANT CRITICIZE US FOR OUR HILARIOUS INCONSISTENCY AND OBVIOUS PERSONAL BIAS -- WE'RE VOLUNTEERS!!"

WhiteUranium9/24/2018, 3:14:31 AM4 votes

inb4 banned again

Goodnight sweet prince

[zombie-nunu-tears]

Risk of Fate9/24/2018, 2:53:55 AM3 votes

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ModUlanopo9/24/2018, 3:27:05 AM3 votes

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In someones joke thread of all things too.

GG mods.

Oh, and one count of posting a sea lion.

I'm going to assume that your mention of the actions against your account constitutes tacit approval to discuss the reality of what happened.

On the 22nd, you had four removals, that were all for discussion of political/social topics. They were all reported from one thread, which had been sitting for several days due to the moderation team generally taking some time off after the PAX/Kotaku blowup. No suspension was applied.

These removals are as follows:

Because in the case of gender, they are a guy. Science says they are a guy. Their feelings aren't a part of that.
I have no problem with trasngender people because they are still either a guy or a girl. They might've previously been a guy but now they are a girl or previously been a girl but now they are a guy, but they are still one or the other. They haven't made up some new gender to identify as, they are still one of the two.
Sex and gender have been interchangable for centuries. They don't just because different because of someone's feelings.
The fact is still, science recognizes only two genders, male and female. The most we could do is say that sex refers to your gender at birth and gender refers to your current state, but it doesn't add in all these non-binary 76 gender people.

While those are opinions you are permitted to have, discussions about the distinctions between sex and gender are explicitly considered inappropriate political/social commentary. This is not a matter of debate.

Less than a day later, you participated in some "banter" about how Riot should hire the laid-off Telltale employees. While the OP was acceptable - and remains up - the commentary that followed was not:

No, that's not right. You need to give women more of a chance. Only hire the female laid off telltale employees. Because we're so progressive.
Maybe, first they need to see if enough females get hired to bring it to the arbitrary 50/50 ratio. THEN men can get a chance.
only hire the ones that make the best sea lion noises

Comments by other participants were similarly removed. While comments like these would not normally merit a suspension, the fact the behavior repeated in such short order was discussed by the moderation team, including the Heralds. The consensus was that you were not responding to lesser corrective action and a 24-hour boards ban was applied.

In case it was unclear, when we began the experiment of less restrictive guidelines for GD, we made specific mention that certain rules would remain in force. Specifically, the rule prohibiting social/political commentary not closely related to Riot, Net Neutrality, gaming, etc. continues to apply. Please be aware that we do our best to closely monitor and review the exceptions as best we can, in the hopes they don't go off the rails. Again, the original discussion remains up and largely intact.

As always, you are more than welcome to visit us in the Discord should you have further questions.

CLG ear9/24/2018, 4:46:28 AM3 votes

mods and pissing people off, name a more iconic duo

Busty Kunoichi9/24/2018, 12:23:15 PM2 votes

This doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

Calamitosus Cini9/24/2018, 2:56:06 AM2 votes

Same here. But for stuff posted days before no less in which mods engaged in the same discussion. I demanded consistency. The reply I got was "mods want to engage in the forums too." The funny thing is they make this huge deal about moderators having moderating come first then turn around to protect their own.

A Swarm of Koala9/24/2018, 3:53:28 AM1 votes

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Oh, and one count of posting a sea lion.

Oh shit dude you can't do that.

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