# Topic ban for Demontree on Trans and related issues **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Tags:** suspension-banning\ **Created:** [September 22, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-demontree-on-trans-and-related-issues/1023312 "2025-09-22T21:27:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-demontree-on-trans-and-related-issues/1023312/1 "2025-09-22T21:27:02Z")
Topic ban for @demontree on Trans and related issues. They are no longer to post on Trans and related issues. Poster has a history of hijacking unrelated threads to speak to this issue, and has created or contributed to multiple ATMB threads on the subject. Only looking at the past year (though there are multiple other mod notes and one warning for hijacks) - > [@Is it Time to Tone Down the Wokeness, Especially about the Past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-tone-down-the-wokeness-especially-about-the-past/1010287/1037): > > I feel like I could have happily lived my life without knowing any of this stuff. Shouldn’t this be the aim, that everyone learns these words as a footnote in a history book? I have personally experienced this many times, but I can’t really cite lived experience. person_shrugging I googled, and someone wrote an article about it: theamerican conservative. com/its-not-happening-and-its-good-that-it-is/ During which DT continued to drive the thread off topic until What\_Exit closed it down, removed the highly questionable link to an off board opinion (above) and eventually gave DT a short suspension for Hijacking and Hate speech while reviewing. Shortly thereafter we have a new ATMB thread about linking to hate speech, and skipping to What Exit’s post that [explains the reasoning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-hate-speech-again/1013441/4): DT opened their own thread to dispute the moderation, though in part, it was a system issue with Discourse not sending her notice of the suspension: > [@Mod communication/biased modding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-communication-biased-modding/1013696): > > I was recently suspended for two days by @What_Exit for linking to a site that’s against board rules (and I’m still pretty unclear what those rules are). I’ve got two complaints about this: a) Lack of communication. I had no idea I had done anything wrong, was suspended without warning, and had to find this out from a [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-hate-speech-again/1013441) in ATMB which the OP hadn’t bothered to tag me in. Other posters were allowed to publicly speculate about my motives and beliefs, while I was unable to answer these questio… ECG made the most telling point regarding DT’s issue in thread, which I’ll quote: > You weren’t suspended for posting just one link. You were suspended for hijacking a thread after being given a mod note to stop doing so, behavior that was essentially trolling in the thread, and intentionally posting links to hate speech." A similar issue came up two months later, in which Demontree again demanded that we provide a bright line rule to follow. In which What\_Exit again comments on Demontree’s posting history and hijacks > [@So actually it's just fine to link to hate speech {This is not accurate}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-actually-its-just-fine-to-link-to-hate-speech-this-is-not-accurate/1016692/22): > > You were derailing the thread a lot as I recall. You have a small history of Anti-Trans posts. I suspended you to review your posting with the rest of the Mods. If you notice, we decided to not make it a formal suspension and not even a warning. Your history on CRT suggests that you can back off of topics, I recommend you do the same here. You have many modnotes and the 1 warning on CRT and have been strongly advised about not posting hate speech to support your position. That is not a get … And most recently: > [@Charlie Kirk is Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-is-dead/1022935/284): > > play_button Offensive off-topic post hidden Was a primary contributor to a major hijack on trans issues, including veiled insults to other figures on-board and off, after admitting in the post “I think I opened Pandora’s box here” - which is nearly an admission of hijacking. While I did strongly consider a warning at that time due to your history of such hijacks, as you were not the only participant, I did not single you out for one. It did lead to a discussion in the modloop. @DemonTree, we’re not questioning the sincerity of your beliefs, but we have a duty to all posters, and you seem unable to stop yourself from hijacking other’s threads to comment on your personal hobby horse. You’ve repeatedly requested a bright line that you can use to tip-toe around the TOS on the subject. So this Topic Ban serves as such - do Not post on Trans and related issues. Since this is rather broad, if you have even a smidgeon of doubt, please contact the mod of the forum. Violation of the ban will, as always, lead to warnings, suspensions and a ban. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-demontree-on-trans-and-related-issues/1023312/2 "2025-09-22T21:27:08Z")