But yet you're all downvoting me for expressing an opinion without any name-calling at all. You disapprove of my opinion, you imagine that I'm screaming "faggots", and then you punish me for something that I've never done.

Why would I believe you when you tell me that you're only punishing those who deserve it? You've already given me all the evidence I need to see what you'd really do.

> You've already said that you've never played this game, you don't appear to have much experience with online games in general, and you clearly haven't read the article if you think that Riot is firing people for saying "you asshole" in chat.

I did read the article. They didn't list out some exhaustive policy. They didn't talk about digging deep into the context or examining nuance and different perspectives. Like you, they already knew what they wanted to be rid of, they exaggerated behavior or fabricated it wholesale (just as you and the other hackernewsians have done here), and that was that. No defense, no appeals process, no presumption of innocence.