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Except I (throwawei) had to login to another account (this one) to reply you as the downvotes triggered some soft ban limit on the account from replying/commenting.

So much for free speech...

I would post photos holding today's newspaper to prove ownership of both accounts. Probably not worth the trouble anyway



You got banned because some automated system might’ve concluded you were a bot or spam account. You didn’t get banned because of the context of your speech. (At least not to my knowledge)




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