The thread is pretty self-explanatory. @JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social posts an comic about a character called Thorgal who finds an entire family who have been hung for poaching and speaks out against it. Johnny deems this “blockhead” behavior, condemning standing up for what’s right when it isn’t personally beneficial as “chivalrous Brainy Smurf”. The criticism that this is a sentiment that benefits fascism is met with excessive mod overreach qualifying it as trolling and followed up with a 4 year ban. He then asks Blaze for help moderating the community and claims that the lack of utter sycophantic acceptance of his pro-authoritarianism is a sign of a “weird, toxic attempt to attack the community”.

Is Thorgal a blockhead? Does JohnnyEnzyme demand bootlicking? Is using moderation privileges to enforce your own opinion a case of biased moderation? Is it trolling to suggest that fascists love those who encourage others to avoid so-called futile resistance? You decide.

Personally, I blocked this poster and community on this account before the ban was issued and have no interest in further participation, but I’m struck by attitude about resistance to injustice displayed here and find the heavy-handed response ironic and worth drawing attention to.