After talking to Skeletonwarrior, reading the appeal and it's replies, I've decided to deny this appeal. The reason being, you acknowledge you broke the rules intentionally so any argument of a 1 day ban being harsh is false. I would like to add, you had a recent from Wizard for NLR, so you do not deserve being let go. There's also a zero tolerance to discrimination rule, which includes actions and words that are discriminating towards others.
Tyler Durden wrote:
One common misconception seems to be that we're only cracking down on certain words and certain behaviors but this is not the case. We're aiming to in general be more strict on all forms of discrimination and harassment within the community in order to make for a less toxic and friendlier community. If you have criticisms of this or arguments to put forth about enforcement of rules within the community feel free to voice these concerns by making suggestions or by talking to the staff about ideas for how things could be changed or improved rather than instantly resorting to bad behavior as a sign of revolt.
To end this post I'd also like to inform all staff and users that the ethos as it has been brought up recently in contrast to the current enforcement, is not here to protect people that display hostile or hurtful behavior knowingly but rather to protect users that want to contribute but are struggling with certain aspects of the rules.
In conclusion, consider this: