# Deliberate (and deliberately offensive) racism should be moderatable. It is Being a Jerk

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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deliberate-and-deliberately-offensive-racism-should-be-moderatable-it-is-being-a-jerk/962145/59 "2022-04-11T22:12:25Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> “Are black people intrinsically inferior?” (and the variations which try to make it sound nicer) is just not a serious topic of debate, and I think the community is better if that crap is disallowed.

I take your point, but wouldn’t these people you describe see that thread and the unanimity of posts criticizing the very idea to see that the board is a welcoming place to them?

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