# Stifling debate without justification **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 27, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stifling-debate-without-justification/978905 "2023-01-27T16:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 41
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stifling-debate-without-justification/978905/41 "2023-01-29T17:06:28Z")
Posting this in the existing ATMB topic, > [@All Americans need education in Black studies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-americans-need-education-in-black-studies/978888/190): > > I’d rather debate the ways of increasing the awareness of the history of Black people and other minorities in the classroom than whether or not the specific proposal of the OP is the way to go Could a mod clarify if discussing the broader subject given by the topic title , rather than the OP’s specific proposal, is on-topic? In light of the 2020 rules on hyperspecific thread scope. If not on-topic we can make a spin-off. (i.e. how best to incorporate more African American focused lessons into existing U.S History and Literature classes, whereas OP has been clear she wanted to debate adding a mandatory Black Studies _course_ in its own right) @What_Exit who has been moderating the thread. ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stifling-debate-without-justification/978905)._