# Calling a lie a lie, and GD

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**Created:** [November 29, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-a-lie-a-lie-and-gd/519315 "2009-11-29T07:00:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-a-lie-a-lie-and-gd/519315/2 "2009-11-29T07:05:39Z")

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[This is dealt with in a sticky in GD.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448632) Post 2 addresses this situation:

> [@Liars, lying, and lies in Great Debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liars-lying-and-lies-in-great-debates/430812/2):
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> Questioning or disputing the accuracy of another poster’s statements–“I don’t think that’s right”, “That’s incorrect”, “You are mistaken”, or even “That’s not true”-- is what Great Debates is all about. However, questioning the intent of another poster in making an arguably false statement–e.g., “You are a liar”, “You are lying”, “That is a lie”, “That’s not true and you darned well know it isn’t true”–is crossing the line into attacking the other poster rather than attacking the other poster’s arguments, and will be considered a violation of the rules of the forum.

So I felt the “lie lie lie” comment ran afoul of that rule, keeping the last two examples in mind. There’s no shortage of ways to say that a post contains errors without calling the poster a liar. I thought this situation was fairly straightforward, but if the other GD mods don’t agree I’m happy to reconsider.

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