That seems like an absolutely massive penalty just for "having a different opinion" to the point where I feel like you're burying the lede. It's not quite the

That seems like an absolutely massive penalty just for "having a different opinion" to the point where I feel like you're burying the lede. It's not quite the same, but having moderated large internet communities before, I've seen way too many claims of "moderator oppression" that conveniently left out the part where the user was lightly reprimanded and responded by telling the moderator to "go kill themselves" or something similar. Obviously, I don't know the details of your issues, so I can't claim that happened in your case, but with no other proof, I have a hard time believing just one side of the story. Can you provide a link to where this "different opinion" was discussed, I'd love to see the interaction for myself?