Are we allowed to ask a question about why a longtime member was banned?

I get the fact that part of the answer will be: you can’t mention names! I think everyone gets that. What we don’t get is why does one member get banned for being part of a situation where another member was also involved in the fracas?

I’m pretty sure by now, that most people who have been here for awhile know about what happened. There were several heated arguments. Some people got angry. Some people flagged some comments. One person got banned.

What gives? Do you get banned if 10 people flag something? 20 people? The number of flags shouldn’t really matter in a situation like this, because it’s just friends of the other side doing most of the flagging, I’m guessing. Something can be flagged 100 times, but the offence still has only a certain weight attached to it.

There are standards! Yes, we are all aware of the standards. Unfortunately, the standards don’t seem to have been followed with equal force in this particular case. Something smells fishy in Denmark, or is it Finland? I can never keep those two things straight.

I just saw another question about this subject taken down. This Q will probably be taken down, and it’s a shame, because we members simply want to know what is happening, and why.

I think we’d all like to believe that there is equal justice under the Fluther laws, but right now, it kind of looks like the Russians hacked us.