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Mods are 'banning' Palestinian flags on the forum...while using US flags

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Iuzzu

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Possibly this post will be deleted and I'll be banned, but anyway, I don't care about being part of this scammers' paradise.

But if someone from the moderation team is helpful and honest enough to respond to this post, I'd be very grateful, because it's something that doesn't just affect me, as I've seen other members dawning today without a profile picture, including me, the difference being that I've already put up the flag again. I received no warning, no message, it happened silently and I don't even know who the moderator is who did it.

You only have 2 honest ways to deal with this situation:

( ) Ban any kind of flag, including leaving the moderator who has an American flag in his profile picture without a profile picture, because national flags are supposed to be political manifestations.

( ) Allow all national flags. Palestine is partially recognized as a country, it's not a flag of Hamas or whatever, it's a flag of a COUNTRY. Whoever wants to use the flag pictures of Israel, Palestine, Russia, Ukraine, USA, etc, should be allowed in this case, because they are countries, partially recognized or fully recognized.

Any other way of dealing with it is repulsive and hypocritical.

''Ah, but it's because of the war'' - if that's the case, the US is always intervening militarily in other countries, why is this country's flag widely allowed?

Allow them all or delete them all, simple.
 
Seriously if all places, you choose to post this here.

Are you spamming forums and BHW happens to be one on the list?

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Hello @Iuzzu,

I don't understand why you would call this a "scammers' paradise" and then suggest "2 honest ways to deal with this situation".

Regardless, there's no ban on national flags as avatars on the forum. Now, I cannot see your previous avatar, but I do see that you had an avatar removed back on May 31, 2023. From the numerous reports we received, the avatar consisted of the Russian flag colours along with the "Z" military symbol. The flag or colours were not the issue, but rather the 'Z' symbol combined with the colours that made it clearly political.

I'm not bringing this up to detract, but rather to suggest that the moderator may have thought you were being political again based on your infraction history. Again, no issue with the national flag by itself, I'm not going to remove it unless the forum implements a rule against it. If you had received an infraction, assuming it was just the flag and nothing political, this infraction would've been removed from your profile as well.

I'll talk with the moderator who removed your avatar to get a better idea of why, but as it stands right now, there's no issue with your profile picture. To reiterate, national flags as avatars are not banned from the forum at this time.

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