i see where you're coming from on this and upvoted, but also think it would be just to ban someone for actually being a transphobic asshole, which could be recognized through downvoting patterns. if there were actually users who were going into trans subs and just downvoting out of hatred, or there was a pattern that was established that showed that they are frequently going out of their way to discourage positive trans posts, then that shit should go. i think the admins did a poor job handling this, and i don't think 2 or even 3 downvoted posts establishes that pattern, but if it was recognizable like someone just downvoting post after post then yeah fuck that person, get rid of them. the fact that there was a public list of people who were labeled as transphobes for downvoting 2 posts reflects poorly on this community unfortunately, and hopefully the mods will do better when dealing with sensitive situations like this in the future.

i saw a post that was audited and people banned for simply disagreeing that there should be a giant voter purge based on a 3 strike rule.

furthermore, i frequently downvote mod/admin posts if i disagree with them banning or claiming someone is being sectarian when to me it seems like just ideological disagreement and discussion, and also downvote certain posters who seem to try to kiss up to mods, because fuck bootlickers. so i agree with the main idea of this post.