Good afternoon ladies and gents, I'm here not to reverse my suspension entirely but rather attempt to shorten the length in which it is. I will explain what I mean shortly.
By no means am I saying I am innocent or broke no rules and by no means am I trying to excuse what I did. I am however attempting to adjust the punishment so it is in line with precedent, and is fairer than it was.
My suspension thread is here. I will be referring to it within this post.
1. What did I do
In Discord, I said multiple things. However, only 1 thing I said broke any rules. I said multiple times "I'm going to say the N word", however I never actually did. This therefore shouldn't be used against me as I broke no rules. However, I did use the "f slur" which I completely concede was wrong of me, and while I attempted to use it as a quote, as I'm sure some of you are aware, I don't believe context matters, rather the action itself. In total, by doing this, I broke:
Conduct Policy Section 3j.
In short, I broke one section 3 offence. However, I do believe it was quite severe as I was an admin and therefore I do believe I should have been suspended, and I am sorry for what I did. However, another thing that contributed towards the indefinite side of the suspension was continually server-banning a user who was being a nuisance to me personally. I believe I should've handled this better, however I did report this user to several discord staff in the past and they refused to take any action other than giving him a slap on the wrist. I was however in the wrong. Upon being told not to do so, I simply ignored the staff member in question. This breaks:
Admin Conduct Policy 2a. A formal warning. Not an indefinite suspension.
2. What are you proposing to change
I was banned from the Discord as well as this. I believe an indefinite suspension is quite frankly unfair; another admin previously got suspended for using the same word as me. She was initially suspended for 2 weeks, and then it got made indefinite when she did it again. In short, she had a second chance. I never got said second chance.
Therefore, I propose that, due to previous indefinite suspensions on me, my suspension gets reduced to 3 months from the 1st of Feb. That means the earliest I can reapply (without going through the usual indef return process) will be the 1st of May 2021. I believe this is fair and in line with precedent. As I said, I concede I did wrong and I am not going to pretend I didn't, but I believe an indefinite suspension was overkill for what I did. I am also more than happy to restart as an admin and have to reapply to become SrA again.
I'm more than happy to debate extending the wait time longer should anyone wish.