Question: On the Meta question [Does Stack Exchange really want to conflate newbies with women/people of color?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/366665/does-stack-exchange-really-want-to-conflate-newbies-with-women-people-of-color), a user posted an answer that heavily criticized the recent blog post. He was temporarily banned a little while after. Was he banned for his political beliefs, or was it for some other reason? Are moderators or Stack Overflow employees really biased enough that they would ban someone for something like that?

Answer: 
We [try to avoid discussing specific suspensions publicly](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/293213/why-we-dont-keep-public-records-of-suspensions), *particularly* while the relevant user is still suspended. It's unfair to the person who was suspended and unable to defend themselves.

We also discourage folks from [calling out specific users by name here on meta](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/289909/should-any-meta-post-that-calls-out-a-user-by-name-be-deleted-not-just-downvote), for pretty much the same reason. 

So I've edited your question, and I'm not going to say anything specific to this user's suspension.

I will note, for the benefit of one and all, that while anyone is free to discuss controversial topics here the [be nice](/help/be-nice) policy still applies; if you can't [show basic respect to the folks who disagree with you](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/289398/if-youre-gonna-talk-politics-you-must-respect-those-who-disagree), then there's no point in talking to them at all.
I'm going to let the employee that enforced the suspension chime in on the particulars, though we can't share very much about it. 

I want to take a moment and clearly say that we would not suspend anyone for their beliefs, or the expression of those beliefs, as long as they were expressed in a manner that is consistent with our [code of conduct](https://stackoverflow.com/help/be-nice).

We provide this platform *for you to disagree with us* if that's what you want to do. We just ask that you do it with respect and sincerity for us as well as other users.