# What exactly is hate speech?

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**Created:** [October 29, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-hate-speech/515624 "2009-10-29T16:37:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-hate-speech/515624/38 "2009-11-19T04:30:27Z")

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> [@Gfactor](#):
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> **Carol** , this isn’t the Pit. Please don’t hijack threads with unrelated questions.

It wasn’t intended as a hijack. **Dex** always says to use the report button, but when the Mods (including you) don’t respond, what else should we do except bring in up in a polite fashion to an Administrator? That’s all I was trying to do.

Question about hate speech then. Are derogatory comments based on gender hate speech, or not?

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