# Accusing a Group of Malice in GD

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accusing-a-group-of-malice-in-gd/1006062/62 "2024-08-23T00:17:34Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Should the entire board change the policy on behalf of a group of people based on your claims of your own personal feelings

I don’t see it as a change in policy.

> [@I disagree \[about the moderation of this post in Elections\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-disagree-about-the-moderation-of-this-post-in-elections/770279/6):
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> Should you believe someone is being disingenuous or arguing in bad faith you have several options. You may report their post and make the argument that they are arguing in bad faith or trolling for effect. You may also start a BBQ Pit thread about them and take them to task there with a politely worded post that points out you have done so.
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> You may even choose to ignore them as a waste of time and disengage from the thread.
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> What you do not get to do is spend several posts over the course of three days continually attacking another poster’s character and truthfulness. Such things aren’t really allowed in either Great Debates or Elections and you’ve been around long enough to know this.

Which is exactly what would happen if I hijacked that thread to argue at length how _I, at least, am not motivated by ill intent_.

~Max

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