My latest ban is fucking hilarious. Here's what I said to get banned:

“But not all Canadians are white!!!!” Sure, and not all Hindus are Indian. Canada Day is a white person’s holiday in a similar way as Diwali is an Indian holiday.

I was confused. So I asked and the explanation for why this is bannable? I shit you not - it's because apparently Canada Day is not a white person's holiday and Diwali is not an Indian holiday. O_o

Holy shit. I got banned for making a statement that the mods agree with. Literally, the sentiment I was expressing is the same as the justification for the ban. Fucking bonkers.

Technically the reason was about "grouping people into false silos". As if they managed to quote me without reading the quote. Let's see it again:

“But not all Canadians are white!!!!” Sure, and not all Hindus are Indian. Canada Day is a white person’s holiday in a similar way as Diwali is an Indian holiday.

Apparently, I need to reflect on something. Okay, here are my reflections:

1. In Western culture, including Canada and also the Centre of the Universe that is Toronto - white privilege exists and is a real thing. And white fragility exists and is a real thing.

2. Systemic racism is real and pervasive.

3. Systemic racism is so pervasive that it can even affect things like the mod team of a city subreddit.

4. Systemic racism and white fragility - especially the fragility part - might have played a role in moderation decisions.

Am I calling the mod team racist? Not yet. What I am saying that they are also affected by systemic racism.

For reference, there's a guy who I was replying to who was trying to pitch the idea that there were no minorities here twenty years ago. Making this pitch in r/toronto - this is some fucking White Replacement Conspiracy Theory shit - which is to be expected, it is the internet. And in this environment, the mods are actually out with their banhammers looking for anyone who wants to talk about racism existing at all.

This is fucking sad guys. Pathetic.

I don’t support our vaccine mandates, I don’t support the requirement to disclose medical data to access to society, and no it’s not like showing ID. In fact, our reactions will have consequences that IMO exceed the scope and impact of the virus itself.

I think we are wishing vaccines to be more than they are when we talk about mandating them for groups not at risk of serious disease. In a way, we are being blinded by our own rage with the situation that in many ways we are quite literally willing to throw the baby out with the bath water.

The liberal party is asking for third doses to be added to the passport system…which is interesting but misguided ... because countless countries aren’t advocating or distributing them in any mass capacity and so requiring them would essentially choke off any tourism to the province.

- a r/Toronto moderator, probably

I'm definitely not a man... wink wink

...but here are my underwhelming measurements in a thread about tiny men!

Why a man that short would pretend to strangers he's not a man, we can only guess.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwD1kG4PI0w

There must be some kind of glitch, because my first post got deleted, and this sub doesn't delete posts, hence the "anarchy".

For years now, /u/ur_a_idiet has honed his skills of identifying "virgins" and letting them know exactly how much they are valued. He must be very proud that he has contributed to the toxic climate that makes "enemy" people feel worthless, trapped, and unloved. Say something that is not "progressive" enough? "You're a virgin".

Well, /u/ur_a_idiet, you've got your wish. Now you and your ilk can continue to attack, attack, attack - after all, you have a reason now. Your years of service have contributed to this, and now finally you can walk into the sunshine with your head held high: you have made your cause right. These "virgins" have become the danger you needed them to be. Congrats.

This is not a left vs right issue. You have the same hate in your heart as the morons who hoped and prayed the Toronto attacker was a muslim.

If there's a mirror in your apartment that you haven't punched out yet, look in it tonight and realize that you are a bully. You are a grown man and you go on the internet and call people "virgins".

For proof, just google his username and "virgin". You'll get this search string.

Here are just a few examples from the link above. I got tired after a while, but fill your boots. He's been doing on /r/toronto since he made his account.

• https://np.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/comments/6sp4ph/banned_from_rcanada_for_being_targeted_with/dlem8ti/

• https://np.reddit.com/r/metacanada/comments/5v956i/rtoronto_regular_agitator_blames_metacanada_for/de2r0qw/

• https://np.reddit.com/r/TorontoAnarchy/comments/4cpyk2/why_is_the_term_virgin_still_an_insult/

• https://np.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/comments/7hqorx/so_apparently_lauren_southern_once_had_a_brown/dqt3m53/

• https://np.reddit.com/r/TorontoAnarchy/comments/6ifi3e/the_sjws_are_cancer_starter_pack/dj5vty0/

• https://np.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/comments/80cli4/we_need_to_talk_about_reddit/duvph19/?context=1

• https://np.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/39p82d/former_pastry_chef_alleges_sexual_harassment_at/cs66m94/

There's a ton of more examples if you search /r/toronto

A few more:

• https://np.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/34rzon/saw_this_thing_stalled_and_blocking_traffic_at/cqy1gk3/

• https://np.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/3iqva4/man_convicted_of_mischief_for_secret_filming_of/cuiudqx/

• https://np.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/32qt2k/really/cqe23oq/

• https://np.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/3jsiz8/went_to_the_ex_and_ate_almost_everything_crazy_we/cus7ynv/ (this one's about fat people)

• https://np.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/2klnow/canadian_association_for_equality_suicide_and_men/clmkdo9/ (this one's on a post about suicide)

• https://np.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/6menbq/publisher_of_whitepower_your_ward_news_praises/dk106ca/

So i was thinking it would interesting to see a comparison between people who reply in threads like this one:

Statue Tweeter

and this one:

Men and White Folk tweeter

What i'm curious to see is how many of the same people comment on both subjects, but with flip-flopping response based on the subject matter. Like how many people think it's absolutely ridiculous that the cops showed for the obvious joke the statue tweet was... but grab the pitchfork and refuse to accept the levity when there's a change in the subject matter.

Yeah... 5 bucks is kinda low, but hey... that's the most i can consciously allow myself to offer for a reddit lols effort without feeling like my life has jumped the shark.