@Megadeath, you accused @Pocky Balboa of being in QAnon's major beliefs, which is an accusation of extremism. Specifically, you claimed Pocky believed that Trump was going to declare martial law from his secret bunker and arrest the government:
So you have a few options..
First, you can provide enough evidence that it is more probable than not @Pocky Balboa specifically holds the beliefs you claim he holds. For example, proof that he believes in QAnon would suffice, a post of him stating he believes in the secret bunker stuff would suffice, etc. If you have him alluding to being a QAnon, that would also suffice (a bunch of QAnon Memes, him using QAnon quotes like "Where we go one, we go all", etc.).
It is insufficient to only show that he believes 1) the election was "stolen" or "fradulant" or 2) that the people in power are treasonous or crooks or should go to jail, as you accused him of believing a significantly more extreme ideology than that. You have to show that Pocky believes that Trump is somehow going to arrest people, declare martial law, etc. in some sort of abnormal extrajudicial method. TBC, I'm not saying don't show evidence relating to Pocky's possible belief in election fraud or that people in power are crooks as part of your case, just that showing that alone is insufficient.
Your second option, if you are unable to do the above, is that you can publicly retract your statement with a post in this thread, stating that there is no evidence Pocky is a QAnon follower nor that he believe in those things. It's insufficient for a retraction to simply state that you couldn't find evidence.
You have 48 hours to do one of those two. If you do not, you will be hit with a perma thread ban. If you, for some reason, claim to not have heard about this within the 48 hours later on, you can appeal by opening an appeal thread, and a valid defense would be satisfying the option one defense of your claims.
For everyone else: we don't want people on the threads screeching "Racist Nazi Bigot" or similar on the board. But if the person is a Racist, you are allowed to state that with proof. Preferably, include the proof in the post you are making the claim, so staff doesn't have to step in and demand proof.
As per rule 2e: accusations of extremism:
This is not allowed without proof.
So you have a few options..
First, you can provide enough evidence that it is more probable than not @Pocky Balboa specifically holds the beliefs you claim he holds. For example, proof that he believes in QAnon would suffice, a post of him stating he believes in the secret bunker stuff would suffice, etc. If you have him alluding to being a QAnon, that would also suffice (a bunch of QAnon Memes, him using QAnon quotes like "Where we go one, we go all", etc.).
It is insufficient to only show that he believes 1) the election was "stolen" or "fradulant" or 2) that the people in power are treasonous or crooks or should go to jail, as you accused him of believing a significantly more extreme ideology than that. You have to show that Pocky believes that Trump is somehow going to arrest people, declare martial law, etc. in some sort of abnormal extrajudicial method. TBC, I'm not saying don't show evidence relating to Pocky's possible belief in election fraud or that people in power are crooks as part of your case, just that showing that alone is insufficient.
Your second option, if you are unable to do the above, is that you can publicly retract your statement with a post in this thread, stating that there is no evidence Pocky is a QAnon follower nor that he believe in those things. It's insufficient for a retraction to simply state that you couldn't find evidence.
You have 48 hours to do one of those two. If you do not, you will be hit with a perma thread ban. If you, for some reason, claim to not have heard about this within the 48 hours later on, you can appeal by opening an appeal thread, and a valid defense would be satisfying the option one defense of your claims.
For everyone else: we don't want people on the threads screeching "Racist Nazi Bigot" or similar on the board. But if the person is a Racist, you are allowed to state that with proof. Preferably, include the proof in the post you are making the claim, so staff doesn't have to step in and demand proof.
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