# 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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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-someone-racist-is-a-personal-insult/535802/8 "2010-04-12T17:02:45Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> View it more as a question. Do you mods consider it a breach of the “No personal attacks” rule?

If directed at another poster in GQ, who did not self-identify as a racist, I would regard it as a personal insult and probably issue at least a moderator note to dial it back. Someone who made a habit of it would probably receive a warning.

Identification of non-posters as racists would probably be allowed. An allegation that a particular statement or point of view was racist might be allowed depending on the context of the discussion,

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> I’ve seen mods post in threads that have it, so it seems that I’m essentially disagreeing with you guys.

To understand your disagreement, I think we need some links to specific instances that you have observed. Where, exactly, have you seen this? Also, if a post accusing another poster of being a racist wasn’t reported, it’s entirely possible that a moderator could have posted in the thread without being aware of it.

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