Forgive me, Dad...

Is there any way to get a ban period shortened for good behavior? I ended up getting a compromise ban because I fired back at someone else's insult by quoting them. To be clear, though, I made it obvious in my post that I wasn't actually sharing their opinion—I was just pointing out that what they said perfectly described the person who insulted me first...

Yeah... no

The post sits somewhere between hate speech and just being plain offensive—and honestly, a decent moderator wouldn't even touch those quotes you used. You're looking at a ban