# Racism?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism/86701>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 11, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism/86701 "2001-10-11T01:21:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism/86701/21 "2001-10-11T14:42:49Z")

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> \*Originally posted by McStain \*
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> > \*Originally posted by Monty \*  
> > Gee, Gaspode; you seem to think the OP here isn’t a sock puppet.
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> Um, is this some sort of insult directed at me?

It’s an observation.

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> I’d understand if it is, but I’m new here,

Dubious.

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> and it’s sort of vague (to me, at least).

Can’t be “sort of vague” if you don’t understand it. Methinks you just gave yourself away again.

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> I really just sort of would like it if someone would explain what it means.

Means you ain’t new here.

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> Thanks again.

I forgot to DNFTT.

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**Author:** ![pennylane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pennylane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pennylane)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism/86701/22 "2001-10-11T14:53:01Z")

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Thanks for your answer **tom**. I think I understand the issue better now.

Hey **Monty** , what does DNFTT mean?

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism/86701/23 "2001-10-11T15:21:51Z")

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> \*Originally posted by pennylane \*  
> Hey **Monty** , what does DNFTT mean?

**D** o **N** ot **F** eed **T** he **T** roll.

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**Author:** ![pennylane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pennylane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pennylane)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism/86701/24 "2001-10-11T15:26:03Z")

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Thanks, **Monty**. No-one ever explains these things to me… I didn’t even know what a troll was for the longest time.

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**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism/86701/25 "2001-10-11T15:41:23Z")

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Troll “hunting” or “outing” is not allowed here.

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> _Originally posted by Alphagene_
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> \*\*We don’t like any public outings of trolls. It’s the declaration we are discouraging, not the accuracy of it.
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> Warning us over email _and only over email_ is the best way to go about that.\*\*
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> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44538](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44538)

This hijack is distracting and unnecessary. Thanks for keeping further discussion of your suspicions out of this thread.

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I really appreciate your consideration in avoiding stepping on my penis - **Spiny Norman**  
Jeg elsker dig, Thomas

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism/86701/26 "2001-10-11T18:39:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by pennylane \*  
> **Aren’t some groups of people taller or shorter, on average, than others? Would anyone object to that or is the objection just that those groups be called “races”?**

Just as a sidebar reference, Uncle Cecil touched on this issue in [this column.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_099.html)

Me, I take the position that “races” is a misnomer; the only race we all share is the human race.

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