# Cecil's comment on Pit Bulls **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [September 3, 2009, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-comment-on-pit-bulls/508730 "2009-09-03T10:12:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-comment-on-pit-bulls/508730/25 "2009-09-14T15:43:22Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > > [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > > > obscurantist apologists desperately fighting against safety. > > Is this comment not an insult because it uses big words? No, it’s not an insult because it’s referring to a large group of people with a political agenda. It’s not different from insulting Republicans or anti-gun activists or … Those are all large groups of people with a strong stand on an issue, some of whom happen to be posters. We don’t have rules against insulting such groups (or any outsiders, for that matter); our rules are against insulting other posters. Yes, I agree that there’s some slight awkwardness – insulting “all Democrats” is insulting some of our posters. But it’s usually a question of the thrust or implication. I see **Left Hand** ’s comment as being addressed at a large group with a stance on an issue; I saw your comment as being addressed only at one poster. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-comment-on-pit-bulls/508730)._