# Calling someone racist is a personal insult **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**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, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-someone-racist-is-a-personal-insult/535802/9 "2010-04-12T17:10:18Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > What if someone says, flat out, that they believe group X is inferior in group Y? Something like, “I believe X race is less intelligent than Y. It is not a matter of culture, or environment; it is their race.” I’m not talking about it being okay to shriek “Racist!!!11” every time someone mentions race in their (perhaps negative) description of someone, I mean someone making a statement that cannot be construed as anything but racist. It’s OK to _be_ a racist, and it’s permitted to argue a racist point of view. However, posters engaging in debate on the subject should address the racist nature of the arguments and statements themselves, rather than call the poster a racist. You may call the _idea_ racist; you should refrain from calling the _poster_ racist outside the Pit. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-someone-racist-is-a-personal-insult/535802)._