So apparently I've been banned from this list

Sun Sep 30 12:30:43 EDT 2018

I've been unexpectedly in hospital for the past two weeks, without 
internet or email. Just before my unexpected hospital stay, I was 
apparently banned (without warning) by Ethan Furman in what seems to me 
to be an act of retaliation for my protest against his overzealous and 
hostile tone-policing against a newcomer to the list, Reto Brunner:
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2018-September/737020.html
(I did make one mistake in that post: I claimed that I hadn't said 
anything at the time on Ethan's last round of bans. That was incorrect, I 
actually did make an objection at the time.)
Since I'm still catching up on emails, I have just come across Ethan's 
notice to me (copied below). 
Notwithstanding Ethan's comment about having posted the suspension notice 
on the list, I see no sign that he actually did so. At the risk of 
further retaliation from the moderators, I am ignoring the ban in this 
instance for the purposes of transparency and openness. (I don't know if
this will show up on the mailing list or the newsgroup.)
Since I believe this ban is illegitimate, I intend to challenge it if 
possible. In the meantime, I may not reply on-list to any responses.
Subject: Fwd: Temporary Suspension
To: <steve@ REDACTED >
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@ REDACTED >
Date: 2018年9月11日 11:22:40 -0700
In-Reply-To: <b19aed3d-b56e-3fe2-264e-1c1dae076a8c at stoneleaf.us>
Steven, you've probably already seen this on Python List, but I forgot
to email it directly to you. My apologies.
--
~Ethan~
Python List Moderator
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Temporary Suspension
Date: 2018年9月10日 07:09:04 -0700
From: Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us>
To: Python List Moderators <python-list-owner at python.org>
As a list moderator, my goal for this list is to keep the list a useful
resource -- but what does "useful" mean? To me it means a place that
python users can go to ask questions, get answers, offer advice, and all
without sarcasm, name-calling, and deliberate mis-understandings.
Conversations should stay mostly on-topic.
Due to hostile and inappropriate posts*, Steven D'Aprano is temporarily
suspended from Python List for a period of two months.
This suspension, along with past suspensions, is being taken only after
careful consideration and consultation with other Python moderators.
--
~Ethan~
Python List Moderator
* posts in question:
[1] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2018-July/735735.html
[2] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2018-September/737020.html
-- 
Steven D'Aprano