# Question regarding a horrendous injustice from a biased mod **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 4, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-a-horrendous-injustice-from-a-biased-mod/989617 "2023-09-04T22:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 42
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-a-horrendous-injustice-from-a-biased-mod/989617/42 "2023-09-05T17:03:39Z")
I had a very similar question a couple of months ago. The bit that finally helped me understand where @What_Exit was coming from was this: > [@Dehumanizing language should not be allowed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dehumanizing-language-should-not-be-allowed/985435/139): > > I think part of this is pretty simple. In a hostile post where hostile words are directed at a poster by name or “you”, mods are going to find that violates the “Attack the Post and not the Poster rule”. It is in the end the prime rule, especially in any forum I moderate but especially in GD and P&E where things are far more likely to get heated. Remember that and everything will be easier for posters and Moderators. Believe it or not, I don’t actually like giving out warnings, especially i… I’m not sure that this matches how things have been moderated historically, but that doesn’t much matter: if “hostile words directed at a poster by name or ‘you’” is moderatable, I can post accordingly. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-a-horrendous-injustice-from-a-biased-mod/989617)._