You may have noticed a distinct lack of return2ozma. This is due to their admitting, in a public comment, that their engagement here is in bad faith:

I’m sure there will be questions, let me see if I can address the most obvious ones:

  1. Can I still post negative stuff about Biden?

Absolutely! We have zero interest in running an echo chamber. However, if ALL you’re posting is negative, you may want to re-think your priorities. You get out of the world what you put into it and all that.

  1. Why now?

Presumption of innocence. It may be my own fault, but I do try to think the best of people, and even though they were posting negative articles, they weren’t necessarily WRONG. Biden’s poll numbers, particularly in minority demographics ARE in the shitter. They are starting to get better, but he still has a hell of a hill to climb.

  1. Why a 30 day temp ban and not a permanent ban?

The articles return2ozma shared weren’t bad, faked, or from some wing-nut bias site like “beforeitsnews.com”, they were legitimate articles from established and respected news agencies, pointing out the valid problems Biden faces.

The problem was ONLY posting the negatives, over and over and then openly admitting that dishonest enagement is their purpose.

Had they all been bullshit articles? It would not have taken anywhere near this much time to lay the ban and it would have been permanent.

30 days seems enough time for them to re-think their strategery and come back to engage honestly.

tl;dr - https://youtu.be/C6BYzLIqKB8#t=7s

  • @Linkerbaan
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    by admitting he is aware things are not as bad as his posts seem.

    Let’s do a little mental exercise. What does this next line imply?

    Both good and bad news about Trump is out there. I prefer to share the bad news

    The only ones arguing in bad are the ones completely twisting what he said to find an implication that does not exist and accuse him of it.

    • @Rhoeri
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      The irony of someone constantly being banned from here for misinformation, here to defend an admitted propagandist.

      Weren’t you just accusing this community of supporting Israel in another post somewhere? Ahh yes, here it is:

      You should know /politics and /news ban anyone critical of israel and Lemmy.world is ran by Zionists.

      Wasn’t that you?

      As I recall, you said you weren’t posting here anymore.

      • @Linkerbaan
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        -107 months ago

        Amazing you managed to not respond to a single argument and went for ad hominems and proving my point.

        • @Rhoeri
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          97 months ago

          Nothing here is ad hominem if it’s true. You HAVE been banned for misinformation, you ARE defending OP

          There is no argument to respond to as you’ve not made one.

          • @Linkerbaan
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            I am unsure why you are appealing to authority in a post questioning said authority.

            If you have nothing but ad-hominems I have nothing to respond to anymore.

            • @Rhoeri
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              107 months ago

              Point out the ad hominem for me please.

              • @sensiblepuffin
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                96 months ago

                To a certain kind of person, saying they’re wrong is a personal attack.

                • @Rhoeri
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                  56 months ago

                  Yeah, seriously. With this specific person, all you have to do is ask a question. If the answer doesn’t benefit their agenda in any way, it’s a personal attack.

        • @TheFonz
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          Oh Linkerbaan, are you really calling out people for not responding to your argument? You, of all people?

          Your primary mo is to go in every thread and screech “Zionist” before anyone dares question your posts or comments and you want to talk about ad hominem? Cute.

    • @btaf45
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      Let’s do a little mental exercise. What does this next line imply?

      Both good and bad news about Trump is out there. I prefer to share the bad news

      It implies you are arguing in bad faith. Doesn’t matter whether you are talking about Joe Biden of Convicted Felon and Sex Offender Treason Trump.