In an ideal world users wouldn't know the political leanings of moderators. It's like knowing a referee is a fan of a certain football team and they're officiating. It's an obvious bias issue. This can give the perception a moderator is trying to force their own ideologies and leanings as the only acceptable discourse and present their own subjective opinions as fact. They are right and anyone who believes something different is wrong and immoral.
Of course in practice having your politics completely hidden is pretty much impossible, though some moderators are much less forward than others.
I don't take part in political discussions online, I have the politics topics hidden on here, but that stuff leaks out and the political leanings and biases of some mods is evident. Even worse is they can ban someone and any comment against that ban can then be classed as backseat moderating and also against site rules. So you can't even voice your opposition to a ban they might make.
For simply saying "lmao" to a recent ban I received a message from a moderator including derogatory political language such as "chudsville".
I don't think I should have got a verbal warning in the first place but a warning from a moderator is also no place for them to continue to push their personal politics and use terms like that.
While I don't discuss politics and have never been moderated myself, other than this recent verbal warning in my DMS, and thus the issue here very rarely effects me, it has left me feeling like I don't want to participate in this site anymore.
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