# Is It Trolling to Try to Get Another Poster to Break the Rules? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 31, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-trolling-to-try-to-get-another-poster-to-break-the-rules/601395 "2011-10-31T17:24:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-trolling-to-try-to-get-another-poster-to-break-the-rules/601395/28 "2011-11-02T17:11:14Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > This came up a little over a year ago but we got different answers then. You’re getting the same answer. It’s a personal comment and it’s disouraged. I don’t consider it an _insult_ and **tomndebb** has described it that way, but whether you call it an insult or just a personal comment, it’s not something we want posters to say about each other. Me, in the April 2010 thread: > [@Calling someone racist is a personal insult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-someone-racist-is-a-personal-insult/535802/7): > > Describing an idea as racist would be allowed, but using it against another poster wouldn’t be allowed outside of the Pit. Me, from a few months ago: > [@TubaDiva, you may have missed this.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-you-may-have-missed-this/595421/41): > > Again, **magellan01** , calling someone “racist” is a personal comment and is discouraged, but it is not a personal insult. I’ve addressed this issue before. Just to muddy the waters, **tomndebb** does describe it as name calling in the posts I’m linking to. Me, in this thread: > [@Marley23](#): > > Calling another poster a racist is discouraged in GD because it’s a comment about the person making the argument and not the strengths or weaknesses of the argument. I’m saying I wouldn’t call it an insult. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-trolling-to-try-to-get-another-poster-to-break-the-rules/601395)._