— LEAVING INDEFINITELY ; A NOTICE.
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@prieldi/@pashieon 's STATEMENT | THE CASE FILE | LETTER TO THE MODS.
It's after some great stress, anxiety, and consideration that I have come to an unfortunate, but necessary decision. As of the time of this posting, I will be completely removing myself from Isola Radiale, as the moderators of this group have wrongly accused, defamed, and banned a member of this community without ANY judicial system, communication, or appeal.
The very long and short of the details of this case can be found (HERE) and ABOVE.. It is a 24 page document consisting of the heart of the issue of this case: being that, a member of this community was wrongly, and bigotedly ASSUMED to be a pedophile, and/or in favor of "morally-repulsive" content. This is over a complete and gross misinterpretation of terms on the moderator's end, as well as their complete and decided UNWILLINGNESS to engage in "discussion or debate" on the topic of an innocent community member's ban. Not with the accused, nor with anyone who was willing to attempt to submit and conduct a dialogue of appeal on the accused's behalf.
This document contains annotated, but DIRECT screenshots of the moderator's behavior, as well as repeated screenshot testimony of the accused. Besides myself, there are MULTIPLE people who have been in direct contact with the accused who can vouch in favor of her innocence, and that they have had absolutely no complaints or grievances with her, and much less to the horrible scale that the moderators have deemed their justification of this decision around.
I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO READ THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT IN FULL, and create your own opinions of the case. I would also encourage you to reach out to the accused, or even myself if you would like to read through the complete and unedited dialgoue of both the accused's sentence, as well as my attempt to speak on her behalf.
However, if you do not currently have the time, then there is this that you MUST know, for your own safety, and for the safety of your friends and partners within this community:
As of the time of this posting, the isola radiale group rules and policies pages DOES NOT have ANY mention of their judicial process, both concerning minor and major infractions.
There is absolutely NO indication on any of the pages of what a minor infraction, nor a major infraction even would be.
The moderators at NO POINT disclosed what they consider "evidence" of a major or minor infraction to be, either. Does that mean one piece of evidence? Two? Does it need to be in conjunction with multiple witness testimonies? How many witnesses do they need to levy any accusation? Furthermore, in an investigation of a MAJOR infraction with EXTREME CONSEQUENCES AND IMPLICATIONS, do they even reach out to individuals in order to confirm or deny the suspected behavior? (The answer is: no, and otherwise, we don't know.)
The moderators have CONFIRMED that they, at no point, reach out to ANY OF THEIR MEMBERS about complaints, investigation periods, and they DO NOT have a period of suspension in order to conduct the would-be investigations. This is their NORMAL PROCEDURE for each and every one of us.
Their exact reasoning for doing so, is that, should a member be complained about, or accused of something dubious, they will not open dialogue with that person out of the rationale that, should this person be guilty, they will proceed to try and escape. This goes COMPLETELY against due process, and ACTUAL investigation processes - even the fictional kind. TL;DR: you are guilty until proven innocent, and at no point will you be notified of a complaint or accusation until after THEY have conducted an investigation WITHOUT YOUR NOTIFICATION OR AT MOST, A SUSPENSION PERIOD.
They have REPEATEDLY and SWIFTLY shut down discussion of the case, not only with the accused who was informed of her ban only AFTER the judgement was passed, but with myself when I attempted to submit an appeal with substantiated dialogue and evidence (that can be found in the document.)
When attempting to understand the moderator's point of view on the subject, the moderators insisted that I go to the accused to get further details on the matter. Not only this, but when attempting to open a dialogue of appeal, the moderators conducted their discussion and review WITHOUT MYSELF PRESENT.
This process took FOUR HOURS OF SILENCE before getting a word back from them, in that they were not allowing debate or discussion on the topic. That we never had.
Lastly: their verdict on this case was to boldly assume the worst of their own community member, label, other and conduct themselves in a bigoted manner even AFTER ADMITTING that two completely different understandings WERE being used. They did this, in turn, under the justification that it was "for the safety and comfort of our community", without ever once considering the accused to BE a part of that same community, who should be given the same amount of grace by proxy.
All of this to say that as much as i adore the threads i have had here, the friends i've made, and what the future would've held for our muses, I cannot, in good conscience, stay in a group where the administration conducts their judicial system in such a secretive, impulsive and dangerous manner. Certainly not one where an innocent individual was wrongly accused, defamed of her character, and unable to open dialogue nor submit an appeal in her favor.
It's disingenuous, and an unsafe environment for the community members that the moderators say that they want to uphold.
Whether or not you agree or disagree with the specifics of the case itself, the fact of the matter is that THESE are the practices of the moderation team that has been brought to light with express clarity.
These are things that have happened in the past, and why those past cases HAD to be brought public, as now this one has as well.
This is something that can effect me, you, or ANY ONE OF US come an unfortunate circumstance were something is completely taken out of context, with no regard to our intent. NONE OF US ARE SAFE FROM THIS LACK OF CLARITY AND PROCEDURE. We can ALL be effected by this lack of due process.
My decision is a drastic one, but it's the one that was most safe decision that I could make for myself. I encourage, and IMPLORE you, isola radiale community, to take into consideration the true weight of what has transpired these past few months.
It is not an outcome that I would want ANY ONE OF US to have to go through, and my only hope and dearest wish would be that, in making these specific practices of malconduct more clear, that you, and the moderators, can work together to create a new system.
One that will better service your own safety, and even the safety of the moderators, so that ALL parties can be held accountable, be listened to, and be given a true, fair, trial.
