A troll (https://lemm.ee/u/shinigamiookamiryuu) is a new moderator of AskLemmy on Lemmy.world. They recently trolled about how Elon Musk's Nazi salute "has been debunked". What can be done about this?
Hello. I wasn't sure where to post about this and a friend directed me here. This is about AskLemmy on the Lemmy.world instance's newly appointed mod, shinigamiookamiryuu.
When people give evidence of those reprehensible things in the form of direct links, they will call it "slander". When this fails to work, they then try to gaslight everyone by saying "you're taking it out of context" "you cannot speak for my intentions" , hoping people fall for it. This is a very common tactic they've used for years. Don't fall for it.
They paint themselves as a targeted victim, hoping people (including mods/admins) take their word for it and don't look into the links that got posted.
Here's a screenshot of them telling a trans person to "do what the person in Nashville did". They are referring to the Nashville school shooter, Aiden Hale, who was trans. They also called them a Japanese slur that is equivalent to the f-word
Here's them trolling about how Elon Musk's Nazi salute "has been debunked though" and then trolling people once those people proved them wrong by gaslighting them about how "you can't speak for other people's intentions!".
They like to portray themselves as an innocent person who is "being targeted for no reason" hoping that mods and admins who are unaware of their history take their word for it without looking into things. They will claim to mods/admins that they're being doxed because their alias, which the troll publicly posts everywhere, was mentioned in posts exposing them. They do this because they want people who point out what they're doing to be banned, not because they're actually concerned about doxing. Please bear in mind that this user has been caught using an AI generated voice trying to pass it off as their own and they have been permabanned from Discord servers for making up excuses when asked by mods to prove they are who they say they are. They are using a fake internet persona.
Another thing this user will do is sign up on websites using the exact usernames of the people who originally exposed them on DeviantArt and then, once called out for this, will troll about being "inspired" by those usernames, omitting the fact they've 1. done this dozens of times 2. they only steal the usernames of the people who exposed them on DeviantArt. They'll also list their country on the impersonation accounts as being from the country of the person they're impersonating, among other things, like pretending to have DID on an account that's named after a person on DeviantArt who actually has DID and then manipulate people by claiming people calling them out on this are "denying DID exists".
They report any posts that aren't on their side, claiming they're being doxed because the poster used their alias, an alias they publicly use throughout the internet, and are known for faking many aspects of their persona online.
I apologize for the lengthy post, but is it appropriate for such a person to be a mod on AskLemmy, which is a popular community, given their actions both on Lemmy and off-site?
edit: They're now in this thread saying Elon Musk's Nazi salute was debunked and are comparing it to Pokemon.Link
You recently trolled about how Elon Musk's Nazi salute "has been debunked though"
and then a selection of quotes from your reply, the one I responded to:
Debunked in the sense that, one, what the perception was did not match his intention, and two, a lot of the footage exaggerated his gesture anyways.
Something that's worth noting (or which I don't see a lot of people talking about) is the fact that the salute, historically, was done with your arm stretched out *in front of you*, not to the side
Musk's salute in the picture, though technically arguable to be the salute (and it's possible more to his intentions might come to light), was more like [the Team Rocket pose.]
You've claimed to know what his intention was, that the Nazi salute was done differently to the clip of Hitler himself, even though the video shows that they're almost identical, and then that Musk's salute was an innocent mistake.
They sound an awful lot like excuses for a guy who was caught on camera performing a salute that's all but identical to a Nazi salute that Hitler, leader of the Nazis, performed on video.
I say what his intention is based on what he says his intention is. Every person is the authority of their own intentions, and I was relaying what he said. That's not an excuse to say nor will it ever be, otherwise anyone and everyone could put words in anyone's mouth and treat it as canon.
By your logic, everyone who has ever said what I'm saying, which includes both Democrats and Republicans, is dogwhistling. This isn't the first time in history something was so nefariously interpretable, and it sadly probably won't be the last. Mere interpretation, and defense of what someone meant by a gesture or utterance, is just as timeless and not wrongful, and it's not breaking any rules here simply to speak for what one's actual intent might be versus the effect they had. I've already condemned both Nazis and Elon Musk in my initial exchanges, which are falsely presented here as "evidence" of supporting any murderous or criminal group. Not the same thing.
Then what's the issue here that puts me at fault for saying we can't put words in Musk's mouth? And what makes you think I'm making it anymore about myself than it already is?
Nobody's putting words in his mouth, we're judging him on his well documented public actions. He performed a Nazi salute in public, and on camera, and you're trying to deflect and say that it's not what he really meant.
Then what's the issue here that puts me at fault for saying we can't put words in Musk's mouth?
I didn't "put you at fault" This is how you're making it about yourself. I said you should educate yourself about fascist dogwhistles because "plausible deniability" is their whole modus operanti.
If you think "plausible deniability" is their intention, nobody is stopping you from feeling like someone is worth avoiding for how they come across. But, again, that's different from trying to speak for one's intentions, or saying it is along these lines we should think, no matter what we think of the notion we call "plausible deniability".