The majority doesn’t determine what opinion is right, of course. You’re free to your opinion whether 42% of people agree with you, or 10%, or 1%.
Coming at it from a standpoint of arguing your case is fine. Coming at it from a standpoint of blasting that your opinion is the right one, and the people with the other opinion are terrible, and insulting anyone who tries to disagree with you? That will get a ban, because it’s a huge waste of time and pollutes the space for people who want to use it for other things.
I may need to make some site rules about this. I thought it could be done on a common-sense basis, but I guess that was naive.
I if you look at his profile he seems to be very active
He’s been drawing some heat from moderators. I had him categorized as a troll account so I didn’t hesitate when he came in with something inflammatory. I just looked over his profile, and you’re right. He’s posting pretty actively and almost all of it is pretty benign. He might just have a blinkered type of view where he is right, and anyone who disagrees is wrong, and the way to approach that situation is to berate any user or any journalistic outlet that doesn’t follow his view exactly. That’s not exactly productive behavior, but it’s also not trolling, it’s just human malfunction of a pretty common type.
If he wants to come into that discussion and objectively defend his point of view, then I’ll unban him. I’m not trying to silence unpopular points of view. If he has no interest in this discussion except in terms of tossing his angry opinion in and then fleeing, then the ban will remain. You can let him know, since I don’t know if sending him a message will work now that he’s banned.
I don’t want such discussion. You’re welcome to try to start one here, but as you pointed out, it’s not exactly the place for it.
If you have no interest in a discussion, but just want to blast your opinion, then you’ve done so. Mission accomplished.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/646955/disapproval-israeli-action-gaza-eases-slightly.aspx
The majority doesn’t determine what opinion is right, of course. You’re free to your opinion whether 42% of people agree with you, or 10%, or 1%.
Coming at it from a standpoint of arguing your case is fine. Coming at it from a standpoint of blasting that your opinion is the right one, and the people with the other opinion are terrible, and insulting anyone who tries to disagree with you? That will get a ban, because it’s a huge waste of time and pollutes the space for people who want to use it for other things.
I may need to make some site rules about this. I thought it could be done on a common-sense basis, but I guess that was naive.
He’s been drawing some heat from moderators. I had him categorized as a troll account so I didn’t hesitate when he came in with something inflammatory. I just looked over his profile, and you’re right. He’s posting pretty actively and almost all of it is pretty benign. He might just have a blinkered type of view where he is right, and anyone who disagrees is wrong, and the way to approach that situation is to berate any user or any journalistic outlet that doesn’t follow his view exactly. That’s not exactly productive behavior, but it’s also not trolling, it’s just human malfunction of a pretty common type.
Maybe I was hasty. I made this:
https://lemmy.world/post/20356525
If he wants to come into that discussion and objectively defend his point of view, then I’ll unban him. I’m not trying to silence unpopular points of view. If he has no interest in this discussion except in terms of tossing his angry opinion in and then fleeing, then the ban will remain. You can let him know, since I don’t know if sending him a message will work now that he’s banned.