eh, i know the feeling.........didn't got to the level of them trying to ban me, but i was sad when one of my, imo, best friends in Discord just........started to no talk or acknowledge my existence after a downgrade thread, i wasn't even mad at them, still am not, just........sad, i really liked them, altho they probably won't believe me if someone tells him i said that, we made a lot of jokes, they said to me i was a stepping stone in making propose to their partner, heck i even helped him playfully shittalk a bunch of times, the bad wording kind that it is obviously a parody and not serious at all, yet they didn't even acknowledged my existence, ignored me completely...........that hurt, a lot, people even gave me a "snake" role in discord
People just have to learn that friendship is a 2 way process, it depends on the other person as much as it depends on you, if they are the type to not be friends and trow insults because of something minor like powerscalling, then honestly, you just have to let go, they say to not take it seriously........but when they start to actually talk about your intelligence, lie about your intentions, do not want to hear you no matter how many times you try to explain it, and start to call you a "rat" and "snake"(which cannot be not serious when used as legit insults) then honestly? they are just wrong, no matter how badly i think an argument someone else is doing, going this far is not okay, not matter how much you disagree with someone
of course, you insulting them back is also not ok in my book, nor is the numerous things i know you said about me, so read the text above as advice for you as well
i really don't care if you or anyone else said about me in that server, i am not writing this to "take your side" or take anyone else's, this is more of a "general" view of mine of this entire situation, as i have experienced something similar of the feeling you are feeling right now, if the other side is feeling "betrayed" as well.....then this can be a message to them as much as you