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Shakran
I've had the same experience. My one misunderstanding, and it was simply that, a misunderstanding, was handled very cordially and professionally by one of the mods here. In general, I find them to be a great group of people.
The only place where I diverge from your post is that, this is a community that puts a great deal of importance on fairness and respect in discussion.
There is naturally going to be a bit of suspicion and fear when 7-8 aparently good members are suddenly banned. I think it can obviously have a cooling effect on free expression when your left to ask "am I next if I disagree too strongly?"
I can't argue that it is Halx's boat. He's the captain, his word is law. But there's an implicit trust among most of us, I think, that these decisions are going to be fair. Just because someone has the right to do something doesn't necessarily make doing it right.
The open discussion in this thread is how this gets resolved. We can mourn our losses while maintaining a sense that there is some reason behind it.
I applaud Halx and the other admin/mods for being open and giving the community the chance to speak on this. Days like this are never easy.
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