# Continuing a Discussion Against Mod Instructions

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-a-discussion-against-mod-instructions/836468/68 "2019-07-22T23:17:42Z")

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I don’t want to start a new thread about this, and this thread appears to be not-unduly dissimilar to a situation in which a moderator made a Moderating remark to me that’s close enough to an instruction to pass.

To fend off accusations of discussing moderation outside this folder, I place this reply here (and will link to it in the original thread: )

> [@Rick and Morty -- the new animated show from Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/583):
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> **[Moderating]**
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> I don’t know where you’re getting that from, but wherever it is, put it back. **Bo** in no way said or implied that your edits were a “personal assault”. This post right here, though, just might be.

I don’t see how this:

> [@Rick and Morty -- the new animated show from Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/575):
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> ETA: Nice edits while I was typing my post.

…could be interpreted as anything other than sarcasm. Sarcasm often results from a desire to strike back over what has been perceived as a personal insult.

Your perceptions are all that matter in this situation, though, so I will withdraw “personal assault” as an overstatement of what appeared to me to be someone who felt miffed by the fact that an edit was made, being nasty about it.

I can’t say that Bo’s post appeared to be a dispassionate acknowledgement of having posted before an edit was made, though.

[The thread’s relevant posts are 574, 575, 580, and 583, which is the moderator’s post–  
[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21762925&postcount=583](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21762925&postcount=583)  
[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=713717&page=29](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=713717&page=29)

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