# Mod communication/biased modding

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**Created:** [January 31, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-communication-biased-modding/1013696 "2025-01-31T23:31:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-communication-biased-modding/1013696/26 "2025-02-02T07:30:43Z")

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I’ll note that the behavior that led to the suspension was documented here:

> [@Linking to hate speech, again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-hate-speech-again/1013441):
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> Well, our resident bigots are back at it. In post 1010 of the “Is It Time To Tone Down the Wokeness?” thread, DemonTree posts a link to horrific hate speech, while stating that it reflects her own opinion. The linked piece routinely misgenders trans people, and explicitly makes the claim that: There is no such thing as a “trans person”; there are people who identify as “trans,” and people who have gender dysphoria. There are people with chromosomal abnormalities, people with psychological sca…

Not only did DemonTree link to hate speech, but did so saying that the hate speech matched their “lived experience”. Posting a link to hate speech and **advocating it** is deliberately trying to get around the board’s ban on such speech.

DemonTree is fortunate (and the board is unfortunate) that the suspension wasn’t permanent.

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