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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.

Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.


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Israeli propaganda spreader @PugJesus@lemmy.dbzer0.com a.k.a @PugJesus@lemmy.world banned me from completly unrelated community I never really participated in after I called out his Israeli propaganda lies here:

https://lemmy.world/comment/18376679

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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Holy shit Pug made a community to WHINE about their Ls

https://piefed.social/c/fediverseslander

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 58 minutes ago* (last edited 55 minutes ago)

Maybe the constant reality checks would be helpful for PJ but looks like this entire week long posting spree of starting fights isn't going to work. Maybe the next week of the same thing will?

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 20 hours ago

there's another tankiejerk comm on dbzer0, for the people who want to dunk on tankies but don't want to deal with PJ.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

Looks like they went on a whole ban spree. Some folks are not equipped to operate outside communities they control and moderate.

[–] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Brother told me he will keep attacking leftists who "didn't vote for harm reduction" until he gets an "olive branch" from those leftist ghosts living in his head.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 day ago

"We need unity"

"Alright let's stand side by side, no one should be subjected to harm by governments due to their identity or existence."

"Wow, I can't believe you would say such a thing! This is why the left never wins, they have such lofty goals as abiding by the Geneva convention and the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. You ruined leftism!"

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

PTB. No surprise. Worthless creep in action.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

And now he's lying about db0 being evil and lying about him: https://lemmy.world/post/33347185

Does this dude ever sleep? Like all he does is whine and complain 24/7 and then act like anyone put off by him is a fascist in disguise.

Actions have consequences, and he's mad his actions have the lightest of consequences. Holy shit guy just wants an excuse for everything he does, and no one else gets one.

He's saying db0 banning someone for their actions is evil, yet power trips and bans people in unrelated communities because he finds them evil for not advocating for genocide. Good Lord.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

But how can he be a fascist when he says he’s “Vaguely Left-Wing.” /s

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

How can he be a fascist when he posts his fascist when he posts when call him out? https://piefed.social/c/fediverseslander

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I know people like this in real life and I swear they live for the fight but only ones that they think they can win. They get a thrill from being right or having power and their use is good and for their own betterment and anyone else is just mistaken and wrong and needs to be corrected or pushed aside to make room for someone they can push down or back upon.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Way back, when I was still on .worId and PJ was newer, I once diffused an argument they wanted to start with me, simply by holding my ground and nicely picking apart their (admittedly bad) arguments. They seemed more interested in winning than what was actually correct and they admitted to having a temper that led to that behavior.

I thought they were an alright person, maybe just immature, until I discovered they had been forcefully arguing the opposite point with another person at the same time. That's when I blocked them.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 14 hours ago

I thought they were an alright person, maybe just immature, until I discovered they had been forcefully arguing the opposite point with another person at the same time. That’s when I blocked them.

That... sounds so perfect for them. Reddit internet debate lord.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 22 hours ago

Like 6 months back, PugJeuss said he was done trying to win fights on the internet. The replies chuckled at him and said he clearly doesn't mean it. And then he got mad at you for not believing him.

[–] WillStealYourUsername@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 day ago (16 children)

PugJesus has always been terrible :/
I remember them raging over neopronouns over on blåhaj f.ex

PTB

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In a shocking twist, B turns out to also be a PTB.

[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

PTB.

He legitimately seemed to be going through something the last few days though, he was picking fights with everyone in a bunch of threads and I ended up catching strays along with a bunch of others

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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

PTB.

However, imo blocking him is a double-edged sword as he posts so prolifically you end up wiping out heaps of Lemmy content that normal people engage with, and Lemmy is fairly small.

He's made 11,942 (!) posts in 733 days. That's over 16 posts a day you drop by blocking him, I only looked on his main account. Didn't count his secondary db0.

I blocked him and any alts of his that I could identify back when he was frequently trying to get .world to defederate from .ml. The decrease in content is unnoticeable but the decrease in insufferable manufactured drama is massive.

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