insults and chatbans: question to WG

AliceUnchained, on 25 February 2019 - 06:07 PM, said:   But what exactly is the difference? Both can be considered offensive, both can be considering merely expressing an opinion. And while arguable subjective, both can be considered speaking the truth (or at least a truth). Don't get me wrong, I have no issues with expressing the way you did. But the notion that calling a spade a spade is fine as long as you don't point at it, doesn't fly with me around here. Stating that tip toeing the line can be completely safe is true to some extend, as it all boils down to whether or not someone clicks the 'report' button (which could simply be out of spite), and the rather inconsistent, subjective moderation around here. As you can find yourself sanctioned weeks later, or even years later as the necro'd thread from yesterday demonstrated: rather then lock and junk the thread, the moderator opted to edit a post from 2016 in it...      Try reasoning with moderation on this, you won't get anywhere. And that's the point I'm trying to make with eekeeboo. You can sugarcoat it any way you want, claim that it wasn't directed at any one, and still end up sanctioned just because someone hit that 'report' button. Moreover, you can even get another sanction on top of it simply trying to discuss it.