Regarding the Bolded I think what CGI means is that the mod team fully support Bristow to have made the right call, in that... they as a team support each member of said team to have made the call based on unbiased and balanced views on the matter, while not directly saying they would make the same choice or have acted the same in that situation, it's less a "we think the choice was correct" and more "we support Bristow to make the right choice as he shown he is capable of doing such a thing"

Also cgi mentioned that it was multiple infractions so it's not a case of the person said a single thing which could/would potentially be bordering on sexism it's a string of things together which ended in the ban being applied from what I understand, I just mean, it's not like a person could say a single word by mistake and find themselves with a ban, they would likely have a mod warning at some point down that path before it got to the hard trigger.

Still though clarification on rules is never a bad thing but always remember that the rules here are not the complete list of things that users can be moderated for, there is a little element of (not to be insulting) common sense in that you should be aware that if you're laying post after post of something which would offend a group of people then you're likely to get pulled up on it, regardless of if there is or isn't a specific rule about that.

I would like to bring to attention a ban that I find hard to swallow.

Vivster has recently been banned for this post.

In the ban note it states: "While it is fine to disagree with someone and their political ideology, it is not fine however to outright call someone else a member of the KKK and flame them."

However, if you read the very comment, it is clear that Vivster is not calling the member a participant in the KKK, but rather the mirror. Look, it says right there: "  the mirror is so far to the right that it already jumped out of your apartment and joined the KKK "

For this reason I feel this ban note does not hold up under scrutiny. 

My list of people who shouldn't be making political threads is too long to list here, but it essentially includes everyone at VGChartz.

Oh so we're writing out ban lists now?

@numberwang so you know what's someone is posting about you and can defend yourself.

Speaking of numberwang, may I ask why his transphobic language was met with a simple edit to the OP rather than a moderation?

- Moderators will look at overt discrimination very harshly. Blatant forms of racism, sexism, homophobia, or any other sort of hatred towards a group of people(s) will not be tolerated, and will be met with firm moderation.

The language used is no different than say, fag or dyke. Using derogatory and offensive terms for transgender people should not be protected and/or hidden by the mod team.

So to summarize... A 30-something year old American man who spends most of his time on these forums posting in political discussion pushing a specific agenda and it's just ignorance.

Thank you for the answer.

Sounds like someone is upset he relinquished his power.

Absolutely not. I can assure you.

Why would you expect a thirty something year old man to know anything about the trans community even if they're into politics? They keep changing what's not offensive and what is so much unless you're a part of that community or make it a point to keep tabs, you won't know. 

I'd expect someone who's investing so much time into specific subjects to hold a basic understanding of said subjects.