# Use of the word Cracker

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**Created:** [February 23, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-the-word-cracker/713446 "2015-02-23T21:46:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-the-word-cracker/713446/77 "2015-02-25T16:23:29Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> We still don’t allow racial pejoratives.

This is a lie.

I reported the post below less than an hour after it was made. The Pit mod posted in the thread about 27 hours later so he had plenty of time to see the report. It was allowed to stand.

> [@Afroman punches woman on stage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afroman-punches-woman-on-stage/713034/93):
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> It’s “you’re”, you dumb greasy wop.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18146342&postcount=93](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18146342&postcount=93)

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