So why is the admin punishing people for not being duped by it? If you're told it's misinformation, and you go out of your way to defend it, then you're not duped. You're part of the misinformation. And an admin using admin powers to support that misinformation is just propoganda.
So, I checked your modlog, and one of the entries was VERY telling. From 3 weeks ago, reason given: "removed so I stop getting reports about it"
So those five people having a "nice conversation"? Chances are there's 6 people who want you to fuck off and reported you for (going by your mod log) off-topic, hostile, or downright bigoted behaviour.
The episode is "The Principal and the Pauper", where the Skinner you know is revealed to be an imposter. At the end of the episode, everyone agrees the real Skinner is a jerk, so they just stick with the imposter and pretend nothing happened.
Which is why it's backwards. 2014 is represented by a jerk.
He was teleportedtaken to a world of magicweird room and had to fight a demonweird bear with the help of his magedeluded friend and an enchantedreally sharp sword.
My first character was based on the classic meme of "an atheist in D&D". I was then told the setting did not have proven gods, so being atheist was relatively normal. So I stepped it up and didn't believe in magic either.
The last time she fled to safety, Putin poisoned her anyway. Then she reported on her own assassination, went to Trump's America and wrote a book on how Putin is fascist. She clearly made a decision, and I respect the hell out of it.
Hey, I play in D&D games without my bestie no problem. However, I don't play in D&D games with people who gaslight my bestie in an attempt to ostracise them. If you didn't do that, I wouldn't have left.
I'd say that trying to push someone out of the group, then getting kicked out of the group yourself, is a bit of a backfire.
It can also backfire if the other players decide they like them more than you, so they refuse to join the new campaign since the removed player isn't there. You could lie and tell them the removed player just decided to back out, but since the players like each other, it won't be long until they start asking why they left, and then everyone knows the truth.
So why is the admin punishing people for not being duped by it? If you're told it's misinformation, and you go out of your way to defend it, then you're not duped. You're part of the misinformation. And an admin using admin powers to support that misinformation is just propoganda.