# My thread wasn't a comment on moderation

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**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-wasnt-a-comment-on-moderation/819716 "2018-08-16T06:13:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thread-wasnt-a-comment-on-moderation/819716/61 "2018-08-19T16:08:28Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> The rules also use "hate speech as-is.

I see. Thank you. I thought maybe “hateful speech” casts a wider net and might keep mods from restricting consideration to inadequate legal definitions, as **tomndebb** did. Just because something doesn’t meet the legal definition the UN used doesn’t mean it isn’t hateful and shouldn’t be issued a warning, but I can see that argument can be made with either term, and maybe “hate speech” is the more powerful term.

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