You're complaining that I've targeted intentional fraud
You accuse him of "lying", not fraud, because fraud is a criminal act that is intended to gain material personal advantage, and it does not necessitate the act of lying. Deception and psychological tricks can do it too.
I'm not arbitrating truth.
That's exactly what you did. Here:
To be clear, all evidence suggests that the books being burned by the French and Soviets [...]
You claimed X happened, someone else (probably) said Y happened, and you claim that you are right and he is wrong. And not only did you delete his comment (to deprive everybody from reading it), you also banned him (so that he cannot even prove his points).
He just happens to know what the truth is and is intentionally obfuscating it.
Isn't that the standard thought process of all who persecute dissidents since humanity exists, neatly summarized in the word "denial"? It suggests there is an unquestionable truth, and then some bigot asshole chooses to be evil and say the wrong thing for the lulz. Then he gets censored, jailed, burned, killed, etc.
Had he engaged in simply stating his opinion honestly, it wouldn't have been an issue, as I said.
And what if you just called it a lie (even "fraud" to make it sound scarier) so that you have a publicly legitimately appearing excuse to ban him? What if YOU were the dishonest one? You lied about it being a "fraud" after all (ignorance or an attempt to deceive?), so will you punish yourself too? Of course not, honesty, which you demand from others, is not important for you. You just want a particular narrative to prevail. And if others lie, but it's something that aligns with you, they don't face repercussions.
You accuse him of "lying", not fraud, because fraud is a criminal act that is intended to gain material personal advantage, and it does not necessitate the act of lying. Deception and psychological tricks can do it too.
That's exactly what you did. Here:
You claimed X happened, someone else (probably) said Y happened, and you claim that you are right and he is wrong. And not only did you delete his comment (to deprive everybody from reading it), you also banned him (so that he cannot even prove his points).
Isn't that the standard thought process of all who persecute dissidents since humanity exists, neatly summarized in the word "denial"? It suggests there is an unquestionable truth, and then some bigot asshole chooses to be evil and say the wrong thing for the lulz. Then he gets censored, jailed, burned, killed, etc.
And what if you just called it a lie (even "fraud" to make it sound scarier) so that you have a publicly legitimately appearing excuse to ban him? What if YOU were the dishonest one? You lied about it being a "fraud" after all (ignorance or an attempt to deceive?), so will you punish yourself too? Of course not, honesty, which you demand from others, is not important for you. You just want a particular narrative to prevail. And if others lie, but it's something that aligns with you, they don't face repercussions.
That is censorship. Just admit it.