# Personal insults?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-insults/508193>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 29, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-insults/508193 "2009-08-29T20:27:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-insults/508193/2 "2009-08-29T20:51:02Z")

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From the linked thread:

> [@tomndebb, get in or get out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-get-in-or-get-out/507683/92):
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> For someone who seems to pride himself on his mad debating skillz, you’re not very good at reading comprehension, are you?

This, e.g., is certainly a personal insult. You claimed that kind of comment is common in GD. If so, it shouldn’t be. If reported, I suspect there would be official intervention.

I was surprised that you received “Further action may well be pending” as opposed to “Don’t do it again,” but I don’t know what your history of infractions and warnings might be.

Of course, I’m not a mod, so my opinion is nothing more than my opinion.

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