# TubaDiva, you may have missed this. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 6, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-you-may-have-missed-this/595421 "2011-09-06T18:55:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 41
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-you-may-have-missed-this/595421/41 "2011-09-07T02:30:05Z")
Again, **magellan01** , calling someone “racist” is a personal comment and is discouraged, but it is not a personal insult. I’ve addressed this issue before. Just to muddy the waters, **tomndebb** does describe it as name calling in the posts I’m linking to. > [@Calling someone racist is a personal insult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-someone-racist-is-a-personal-insult/535802/11): > > If someone was that upfront about it I don’t think I’d object, but I’d rather see posters take their arguments apart than just call them racist. We have some posters with views that are racist or near-racist. They like to complain that people are calling them racist to shut them up, but Dopers rarely accuse them of racism. > > I mentioned I found a few instances of “racist” being moderated. They’re here: [from Great Debates last December](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11847743#post11847743), [one in MPSIMS in March](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12276223) (although this could be about the tone, not just the use of the word racist), and [another in GD in January 2009](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10670426#post10670426). > [@Personal views in a Mod Post.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-views-in-a-mod-post/519968/5): > > **brickbacon** was asking, in essence, if it’s okay to call a poster a racist in Great Debates if it’s true, or if the poster acknowledges it. I think **tomndebb** and I agree that in both cases, it isn’t because it’s still a personal remark. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-you-may-have-missed-this/595421)._