# In BBQ, why mod a hint at a racist joke but not an actual racial slur?

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**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bbq-why-mod-a-hint-at-a-racist-joke-but-not-an-actual-racial-slur/942970/33 "2021-05-26T22:47:45Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> What rule does it break if it’s used in GD?

This one,

> [@New Rules for Great Debates and Elections – January 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-great-debates-and-elections-january-2020/845726/1):
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> **Hate speech, racist epithets and racism** The use of racial epithets, pejoratives, slurs, and other similar items is forbidden. Hate speech as a whole, however, can be defined broadly or narrowly depending on the context of any individual thread. The definition of context is entirely at the discretion of the moderation staff.

Specifically,

> The use of racial […] slurs[…] is forbidden.

~Max

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