# In Praise of Good Moderating

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-good-moderating/523134>\
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**Created:** [December 31, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-good-moderating/523134 "2009-12-31T02:35:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-good-moderating/523134/34 "2010-01-07T10:07:47Z")

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Let’s get some life back into this thread. I want to thank tomndebb for the following:

> [@No, you ignoramuses, this \*isn't\* racist (or, "Here we go again..")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-ignoramuses-this-isnt-racist-or-here-we-go-again/523886/302):
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> **TWEEEEEEEEET!!**
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> All right. Enough with the derogatory comments about persons (particularly specific posters) from country X being too [negative adjective] to either recognize aspects of or to admit ignorance of country Q.
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> If this is going to be nothing but a slam fest, I’m going to shut it down and tell you all to open a new thread in the Pit.
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> **[/Moderating]**

I only wish it’d had come sooner.

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