I was really shocked by @puttitout's reversal on this.

Not the manipulation bans; that made sense or could be appreciated at least. They were messy and had false positives. But lumping in the dox bans and undoing them at the same time? And not even mentioning it in the sticky? He addressed every other piece of drama going on with a little heading and a blurb.

But not a word on the doxxers. Not why he unbanned them. Not even acknowledging that he did. I didn't find out until I scrolled down to see trigglypuff being welcomed back by @peaceseeker. What a surreal moment that was.

And not a peep from him since. The Wild West announcement, and then silence.

Doing what he did like that, undoing the bans, not mentioning it, no indication of clearer dox rules coming, declaring us the Wild West... It sent a very clear message to the perpetrators: You are free to do as you please, with @puttitout's blessing and apologies for interfering!

I immediately told him what would happen next, in private. No response, so I said as much in public. Only for @peaceseeker to insist: "You're wrong in your judgment that the ban reversals were signs of toleration of misbehaviour."

Well, here we are.

And, still, not a word from @puttitout. Still, nothing but silence. Still, the likes of @peaceseeker and @sguevar, self-professed do-gooder Christian, will write paragraphs upon paragraphs bending over backwards to find excuses and loopholes to justify doing nothing about the above behavior (but insisting they're totally not defending it) while simultaneously condemning people like @crench, for having the audacity to fight back.

Where are their long paragraphs condemning the direct and credible threats of violence against users and their children? Nowhere to be found. Too busy finding ways to rationalize doing nothing in the face of evil, and condemning those who won't submit.

Where have we seen this pattern before?

Same old jealous cowards that have ruined everything throughout history. Hiding behind rules they're always willing to bend for the wicked, afraid to ever make a judgment call themselves, furiously envying those who have the fortitude to take a stand and the conviction to make those calls and own them.