# Clarification of rule against hate speech **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 18, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-rule-against-hate-speech/964634 "2022-05-18T19:43:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-rule-against-hate-speech/964634/25 "2022-05-18T22:20:06Z")
I’m referring to this thread, although **Miller** was later convinced to use a mod note: > [@In BBQ, why mod a hint at a racist joke but not an actual racial slur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bbq-why-mod-a-hint-at-a-racist-joke-but-not-an-actual-racial-slur/942970/72): > > So, “cracker” should be moderated because of it association with the history of discrimination against poor Southern whites at the hands of… African Americans? This is a big part of my reluctance over moderating the term - it’s not punching down. I feel there’s a qualitative difference between terms coined by an oppressed group to describe their oppressors, and terms coined by the oppressive group to describe the groups they’re oppressing. I’m also not thrilled at the prospect of being expec… ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-rule-against-hate-speech/964634)._