Mapping out how to use euphemisms to mask blatant insults

It is completely unclear how things operate here. Even I can admit, looking at my own post in isolation, that it was indeed a gross insult:

Hey guys, don't bother, this girl is stupider than the absolute dumbest jerk you can imagine. The moderators let her run wild and troll this thread which she clearly isn't up to. She calls me a coward and goes unpunished, while I get hit with the strictest ban when I rightfully ask if she's actually this dim or just playing dumb. Just a side note—I reported her controversial posts and they stayed untouched. Mine got flagged, hers didn't. One can only assume what kind of favors she's pulling with the mods to make the outcome look like this.

But getting back to the point, she doesn't understand and never will. The rest of you have been very constructive, so carry on.

No, when you look at the context and the total idiocy she was spewing, my banned post was a perfectly logical, expected, and reasonable sequence of events. I'd even go as far as calling it fair. Moderator Steven Newman50 completely ignored my first report regarding her post. After I wrote this:

But what really needs work is stopping the spread of fake news (especially if it incites hate or prejudice), which would mean fixing existing algorithms. And of course, legal regulations that would most strictly punish the authors of such fake news. It's not just fake news; selectively reported stories are just as dangerous.

To that, the provocateur openly trolls and lies, or simply doesn't get it (I suspect the latter, which supports my claim that I wasn't wrong in a single word of my banned post):

darkangler11: Arrest, seize, and punish the evil algorithm! This wonderful man is being wronged!

There. Go ahead and keep blaming the algorithm for this situation, which should be legally regulated.
I am telling you, the fault lies with the human.

Honestly, it is staggering and terrible that there was no reaction here. Not necessarily a ban, but at least someone should have stepped into the conversation and given the woman a verbal warning not to do this. You neither banned her nor warned her, and then follows, quite predictably, my post where I wonder if she is truly that stupid or just acting like it. If you had warned her, that post would never have happened, nor would this final one. But you didn't. So, you're turning a blind eye to someone who is obviously provoking, probably because she's been here for 10 years and has 5,000 posts, while you penalize me. It's rotten and pathetic...

I don't get it. If someone becomes blatantly stupid in a discussion—and we aren't talking about tastes or different opinions here, but specifically a lack of intelligence—why is it a problem to tell that person they are being stupid? Fine, call me stupid first if I actually come across as stupid in some post or debate. I won't even report it; I'll just agree. Is there anyone who hasn't looked foolish at least once in their life? I'm not claiming she is stupid in general, but in this discussion, she certainly wasn't the smartest forum user in the world. But she isn't the one at fault; you are, because you failed to react in time despite her post being duly reported. You can't claim you didn't see the post, especially since my next post was sent to the ban corner even though it was never reported. Conclusion: the moderator was clearly following the thread, took a (completely wrong) side, and reacted with extreme bias. Don't pull these cheap stunts with your bans to pretend you're being objective, because you are doing the exact opposite.

Maybe you just don't get how things work around here on the forum—honestly, maybe nobody bothered to tell you—but let me make this super clear for you: Personal attacks against other members are strictly prohibited! I mean, what part of that is confusing? :D You aren't going to win anyone over to your side if you're constantly jumping down their throats and calling them stupid. That’s exactly why you've ended up here in the ban corner. Just change your attitude and we won't have to look at any harsher penalties, which, believe me, are definitely on the table. :)

You’re acting like a kid caught with their hand in the cookie jar. I fully admitted—and you're choosing to ignore that—that my comments could be seen as a crude insult. But that doesn't excuse the absolute disaster of how you handle your job.

Do I need to repeat myself like I'm talking to a toddler? Why hasn't her post been banned for trolling when she's blatantly lying about what I said? It was reported, and the trolling is obvious. Why didn't you just jump in with a DM and give her a warning? If you had acted then, this whole mess wouldn't even exist. You let her lie, troll, and post absolute garbage, and then you come after me... Fine. It's pretty clear you share her perspective on this subject matter. Or "think" is too strong a word, but whatever. This woman has been trolling that thread since her very first post. Either that, or there's something seriously wrong with her. But she isn't the issue; she's just doing exactly what she's allowed to do. You are the problem.

Why wasn't she banned for trolling? Or at least warned? Of course, you'll do everything in your power to dodge that question. I assume your next move is just locking this thread. I know you screwed up, you know you screwed up, and everyone reading this knows you screwed up. But you'll just parrot back how I was being rude. Yeah, I was. Because seeing that she can do whatever she wants while you sit there doing nothing, I figured I could do whatever I wanted, too. Turns out, only the submissive ones get away with that. Please, just rescind her ban... stay true to that dark song...

Look, I’m not going to get bogged down in the specifics of the topic itself... I haven't seen the movie and honestly, it doesn't even matter for this conversation. If you think someone else on here is wrong, then try to win them over with actual logic! Because, newsflash, plenty of other people in this thread disagree with you too—and unlike you, they aren't throwing insults around. Maybe take a second to actually read through this thread and look at what everyone else is saying... you might actually learn something and see where you're tripping up.

And since you seem so obsessed with everyone calling you a troll... besides your own back-and-forth getting way too personal and you cluttering up this thread with stuff that has zero to do with the topic, there isn't really anything else going on.

I'm done with this one.

Take care!