Did mods ever feel they banned me in error? I assume yes.
Absolutely. I think some of my bans were questionable -- I particularly feel bad about banning Bobby Roberts, actually, because he was talking directly to me, and I hated
hated banning anyone actually conversing with me, even if there responses were hostile, crude, or mean spirited, because the last thing I wanted was to abuse my power and I don't trust my objectivity when I'm dealing with someone personally insulting me. I think I could have gone lighter, but I was simply so tired of left-leaning people feeling free reign to be bigoted or mean spirited in their own way and not receive any repercussions. It may have been fair, but I felt bad about it anyway. It was also the first time Bish and I had an argument.
More commonly, one of us would post a ban in the moderator thread, and another might say "I think that's a bit harsh," or "That guy said something ridiculous last week and I let him off the hook, so let's up that to two weeks instead of one," or some such. I'd say we had a few of these community-correction ban changes a week. Most were just cataloged in the moderator forum and then we moved on.
Short story: we're not perfect, but I do think most mods were intelligent people and at least some of us were explicitly attempting to avoid favoritism or tribalism.
