# Unjust warning for responding to dehumanizing language

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**Created:** [August 13, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unjust-warning-for-responding-to-dehumanizing-language/969623 "2022-08-13T23:50:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unjust-warning-for-responding-to-dehumanizing-language/969623/1 "2022-08-13T23:50:44Z")

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My very first warning is by What\_Exit. Of course it is a warning for something that shouldn’t be note worthy much less a warning.

> [@FBI Search and Seizure at Trump's Mar-A-Lago Residence (August 8, 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-of-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-08-08-22/969329/920):
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> Warning for octopus for deliberately trying to derail the thread. As you had nothing to add, I’m also instructing you to no longer post in this thread.

The post that I was responding to which used dehumanizing language towards political opponents didn’t even get a note. My comment was as much on topic as most of the previous 100 or so topics the only difference is that my comment does not reflect the consensus of the board. A consensus which includes gendered insults towards republicans, the use of dehumanizing language towards republicans, advocation of violence against republicans, etc. The clear signal is you can participate in a thread even as a thread drifts towards the call for mass violence against one’s political opponents as long as one does not post in contradiction to the prevailing sentiment of the board.

Singling out my post for the subjective call of a hijack is farcical. Hell, even someone who directly insulted me in a subsequent post merely got a note. Furthermore, I believe some of the motivation for the warning is due to personal animus from what\_exit that he has explicitly written on this board and others.

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