# Calling someone racist is a personal insult

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**Created:** [April 12, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-someone-racist-is-a-personal-insult/535802 "2010-04-12T02:25:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-someone-racist-is-a-personal-insult/535802/11 "2010-04-12T17:17:32Z")

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> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> What if someone says, flat out, that they believe group X is inferior in group Y?

If someone was that upfront about it I don’t think I’d object, but I’d rather see posters take their arguments apart than just call them racist. We have some posters with views that are racist or near-racist. They like to complain that people are calling them racist to shut them up, but Dopers rarely accuse them of racism.

I mentioned I found a few instances of “racist” being moderated. They’re here: [from Great Debates last December](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11847743#post11847743), [one in MPSIMS in March](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12276223) (although this could be about the tone, not just the use of the word racist), and [another in GD in January 2009](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10670426#post10670426).

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