Its a shame because they’re prominent voice on lemmy. Good on the admins for not tolerating this. I don’t understand the point of targeting a person you don’t like on the internet just because they said something that upset you and spamming their post with downvotes. If you don’t like someone block their ass and be done with it. I agree with the perspective that its harassment (and an incredibly petty ineffective form of it at that)
Is this comment by ada, the admin of blahaj, in this very thread, not more similar to your first example than your second one?
The absolutely constant use of the terminology of “misgendering,” “gatekeeping other people’s identities,” “causing deliberate harm,” and things like that, as opposed to “yes you have a point and you don’t seem to be intending harm BUT…” is what makes it different. You can look around the thread and see some examples.
Like I say, I think we’re just not going to see eye to eye on it, which is okay.
We pawbably aren’t going to see eye to eye, but my last point is that most trans folks, myself and Ada included, have dealt with this stuff again, and again, and again. After dozens of times you just kind of don’t have the energy to be forgiving while discussing it. Especially with someone like PJ who pretty loudly was a bit of an ass about things. That’s pawbably not ideal, but it is what it is.