meta meta
I'm not going to get involved in the "who's in the right" discussion, because I think everything worth saying there has already been said and there's nothing meaningful I can add.
The only thing I wish to add is a meta-meta consideration, as it were: be very careful in how you respond to fascists sabotaging your ability to do moderation and community defense, consider who actually gets hit by your choice in that matter, and whether that might empower fascists indirectly.
(If you're not sure what this is about, then you're probably not involved in the meta, and this comment is probably not relevant to you)
Also, FYI: *DO NOT* try to start an argument about the meta under this post, consider it read-only. I may block you if you try anyway.
meta meta (followup)
So, different readers are likely to have drawn different conclusions from this post, and that's kind of the point I was trying to illustrate here. Don't just consider how it harms whatever "side" you're aligned with, also consider whether the "better" option might do the same but for someone else.
The actual problem here is that fascists have set up the scenario such that there are no obvious 'solutions' that don't end up harming *someone* in the process, and you need to recognize this and change the way you deal with conflicts like this accordingly. This is divide-and-conquer shit and you need to realize that. Whether someone did something wrong is besides the point.
Blocking people cannot be the end of this particular conversation, you all need to collectively confront the reality that there's going to be a lot more work to do here, to solve this shit, to solve the problem that led to this situation existing in the first place, and that that's going to require some difficult conversations, publicly or otherwise. Including conversations that *you*, the person reading this who is involved in the meta, need to have.
(You, personally, may already be aware of this and have been working on that. In that case, consider this post redundant.)
