Commonly used names: CrudeWax
Banning admin: I believe timberpoes, but I am not completely sure, ban came in a warning citing "The moderation team".
Ban reason: Continues to discuss topics such as childhood trauma and their own molestation despite previous warnings from Hulkamania not to do this. Also discusses their own mental health and urges relating to it as well as some of their own bigoted views on sexuality. These topics are not suited for our Discord and have made other users highly uncomfortable. The moderation team has decided to place a Discord ban as a result of this.
Time ban was placed: Overnight yesterday, 10.02.22
Your side of the story: This is a largely difficult question spanning over a half a year of general behavior in this manner. Specifically the fact I often used /tg/'s politics-containment channel to talk about personal struggles and try and make it somewhat entertaining for the observing parties. It helped me largely before, and continues to help to this day, to hear different opinions and takes on certain matters in this regard. So I think what I got banned for is generally just the things I talked about there on a regular basis, just now it either attracted attention or made someone change their mind.
Why you think you should be unbanned: I think the core issues behind the ban warrant discussion, as instead of it being an occasional blunder it seems to cover just my history of any controversial behavior. I also have quite a few problems with how the ban was issued:
1. No explicit warnings from hulk about this behavior were given, period. There was zero evidence such behavior is punishable or against the rules, in fact, to quote hulk on the "warnings":
2. I did not receive any ability to contact the admins and resolve this issue before the ban, it happened overnight without any input from me or the administration.no I haven't spoken to him in ages, I didn't do the ban either
3. The ban does not cover any specific rule violation, and instead seems to be just a general jab at my character, mixing both the unexplained "no personal issues" problem and "bigotry" into one package
4. On the bigotry side: we previously resolved the problems of my transphobia with admins present, and several janitorial staff decided it doesn't warrant a ban. Specifically the issue was "I would not personally date a trans woman, though I still respect them as individuals and do not seek making this community worse for them". This would've been a fine standalone ban we could discuss, but this one seems like a pile of separate controversies.
5. What users were made uncomfortable? This was not an issue for people for already about half a year of discussions like this, and I did not understand what specifically tipped the scale this time, so unless it was wrong retroactively over an extensive period of time I do not understand the reason behind the ban.
Why you think you should be unbanned: Suffice to say, I think the problem of discussing personal issues on a public space like this does indeed warrant discussion, but the ban itself is handled very poorly and mixes a lot of unrelated controversies to make a case, instead of citing a specific violation of the rule. I still think the question of "Should you be able to talk about personal issues with the other members of the server?" should remain open, but the ban itself is unfocused and vague in my opinion.
I love the /tg/ community, and the server specifically for allowing a wide range of discussions to be had on it. I am deeply thankful to a lot of members of politics-containment for their input on my issues and they have been a significant contributor to moving towards solving them better, as well as just plain being very friendly and helpful. I think even more intimate personal discussion is overall a positive, given the fact it does little to no harm to the community at large, as the overwhelming majority are not remotely aware of them happening. This is debatable, but I personally believe preserving the wide range of topics one can cover is vital to keeping the community diverse in thought and a good public space, and most administration staff I interacted with have supported that idea.
