# Dehumanizing language should not be allowed

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**Created:** [June 13, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dehumanizing-language-should-not-be-allowed/985435 "2023-06-13T16:14:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dehumanizing-language-should-not-be-allowed/985435/139 "2023-06-14T12:15:50Z")

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I think part of this is pretty simple.

In a hostile post where hostile words are directed at a poster by name or “you”, mods are going to find that violates the

## **“Attack the Post and not the Poster rule”**.

It is in the end the prime rule, especially in any forum I moderate but especially in GD and P&E where things are far more likely to get heated.

Remember that and everything will be easier for posters and Moderators.

Believe it or not, I don’t actually like giving out warnings, especially in threads already being watched as the OP is pinging troll alerts. In fact that was why I just went with a thread ban, I expected the thread to be closed or disappeared within a day.

**And for the love of ice cream, of course I don’t mean in The Pit.**

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