Quote Originally Posted by Saraide View Post
Where does this gloating come from? Could it happen, yea sure. Is there any sense in it happening this way? Not really. People send those reports, people handle those reports, people decide on how to act on them. The people sending those brigade reports are bad actors so I am aware dishonest people exist but the people handling reports (and thus doing the moderation) should be held to a higher standard because they hold more power. Just because something isnt surprising doesnt mean we should just roll over and be okay with it. Ignoring and defying unjust laws is the civil duty of everyone, the scale of that varies of course from one issue to the next but the principle is the same.

All these rule lawyer posts boil down to well you shouldnt be surprised. Okay, so what? That doesnt make the underlying issue any smarter.
Cause that is the thing people are acting shocked, and honestly they have no reason to be shocked. I agree we should discuses the rules and how they do not reflect the current needs, but that does not mean that those that have been caught in the cross fire of breaking the rules should be treated as those that did not break the rules. Until they rules are changed the should be treated like any other rule breaker even if their reasoning behind breaking the rules is a noble one. It is a civil duty to defy unjust laws sure, but in doing so one must understand the inherent risk that comes with standing up to so called injustice or unjust laws / practices. Also let us be real people were not using this mods as a means of standing up to unjust rules, they were doing it solely out of convenience. These actions were not done as a means of trying to right some wrong or stand up for the little guy who uses tools for accessibility reasons.