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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

And in the 4 years prior I was modded for refuting the election fraud narrative put out by the other side. Without going into the merits of either narrative this shows that enforcement of the ToS was politically biased.

And therein, we arrive at several key differences:

• The concerns about interference in the 2016 election did not result in an attempt to overthrow the government and install an unelected dictator
• The concerns about interference in the 2016 election did not result in five deaths
• The investigation that followed the 2016 election found that Russia *did* conduct a campaign to interfere with the outcome of the election (though it was unable to conclude that Trump was complicit in that campaign, hence he was never charged for it)

The "narrative" that election interference happened in 2016 is quite demonstrably true and has not resulted in violence, so there's no reason to moderate it. The narrative that it didn't happen is false and sharing it serves only to troll, so it stands to reason that it would be modded if context indicates it's trolling and not just legitimate ignorance. By contrast, the narrative that fraud happened in 2020 is false and has resulted in violence, so modding it makes sense.

"Without going into the merits of either narrative" means you're deliberately not considering why the apparent bias exists, which is just not how critical thinking works.