# Accusing a Group of Malice in GD **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 22, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accusing-a-group-of-malice-in-gd/1006062 "2024-08-22T20:42:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 119
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> [@Max\_S](#): > > Which is, in my opinion, prohibited by the rules in GD. SDMB’s rules implicitly do not consider pejorative comments directed at groups identified by political affiliation to be prohibited: > **Hate speech.** Do not post hate speech directed against any race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation or other group identity (except for political affiliation or leaning) in any forum. Likewise: > [@SDMB rules 9/12/2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rules-9-12-2023/990013/1): > > Not all pejorative comments about groups rise to the level of hate speech. We recognize there are differences of opinion on what constitutes hate speech. We leave it to the SDMB community to debate such questions, with the understanding that final judgment on what constitutes hate speech is the responsibility of SDMB staff. If you believe a post is hateful, you are free to say so, provided you abide by our rule against insults – see point #10 below. Others are free to disagree with you. The belief that the truth will emerge from the clash of views in open debate is a cardinal principle of this board. Now, if you want to argue that it _should_ be prohibited, then I’m still waiting for you to convince me that there is a problem, much less that it needs to or should be solved. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accusing-a-group-of-malice-in-gd/1006062)._