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

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> [@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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> > [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> > What rule does it break if it’s used in GD?
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> This one,
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> > [@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.
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> Specifically,
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> > The use of racial […] slurs[…] is forbidden.
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> ~Max

Except you just previously quoted a rule saying that the mods determine which words are hate speech, and the mods have clearly decided this one isn’t.

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