# Smapti is Pitted

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 21, 2014, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907 "2014-05-21T08:14:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907/1867 "2024-12-28T22:15:35Z")

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For crying out loud. I refer you to the definition of hate speech in the board rules;

> [@SDMB rules 9/12/2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rules-9-12-2023/990013/1):
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> Do not post hate speech directed against any race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation or other group identity (except for political affiliation or leaning) in any forum.

My statement was not about “Gazans”. It was about Hamas, which is a political group and specifically exempt from the rule. To read what I said as hate speech requires assuming that “Gazan” and “Hamas” are synonyms, and that sounds pretty hateful to me.

Hamas are pests. They contribute nothing but death and terror. Lots of organizations and groups can be called pests. If I said that eradicating Nazis is pest control, would that be hateful?

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