# Why do these racist comments warrant a warning while others don't? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 8, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-these-racist-comments-warrant-a-warning-while-others-dont/640325 "2012-11-08T03:32:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 51
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-these-racist-comments-warrant-a-warning-while-others-dont/640325/51 "2012-11-09T21:33:05Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > But do go on disingenuously calling it “disparaging remarks” rather than what it was - racist speech.:dubious: That’s the problem. You are assuming that any disparaging remark about the masses in South Africa is racist. That is not necessarily the case. “Part of the problem in South Africa is due to the fact that most of its populace is not experienced in living in a modern democracy”. That’s a politically correct way of saying the same thing. But **Marley23** doesn’t like that opinion, so he did what accusations of racism are meant to do - shut down a poster so you don’t have to make an argument. Because if you debate an opinion, you might lose. Simply threaten a poster with banning? There’s no way a mod can lose that argument. So it’s a lot easier. Regards, Shodan --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-these-racist-comments-warrant-a-warning-while-others-dont/640325)._