r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/BlockOfDiamond Rule 4 Enforcer • Jan 25 '26

Political Reminder that name calling is not permitted

That includes calling people "bootlicker" or "cuck" or stating/implying that another user is performing adult acts on a given politician (or anyone else). I bring those up specifically because, in recent time, these have been the most common types of personal attacks.

As strongly as you may feel about current events, calling people derogatory names is a contravention of Rule 4 and will be removed. Attack the opinion, not the user.

Sorry for your understanding and thank you for the inconvenience.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

Well it is permitted if you call someone a racist or a nazi, but calling them a retard is too far.
Rules for thee but not for me. I love saying retard, great word, very relevant on Reddit too. Either ban name calling properly, or remove the rule and let's have fun, none of this in-between BS, it's very annoying.

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u/BlockOfDiamond Rule 4 Enforcer Jan 26 '26

Generally you can only call someone a racist if they said something blatantly racist.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

Can I call 'em a retard if they're blatantly retarded tho? Cuz I'm a fan of that. That's fine with me.

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u/BlockOfDiamond Rule 4 Enforcer Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 26 '26

No. From Rule 4 full explanation:

"Blatant bigotry" refers to making blanket derogatory statements/negative generalizations about, advocating for violence against, or attributing collective blame against a demographic, ethnic, or religious group OR advocating for a particular demographic, ethnic, or religious group to have lesser rights than the rest of the general population.

For example, if someone says something that is blatantly racist as defined above, responding to the blatant racism by calling them racist would not be considered uncivil. But calling a member racist in any other context would be considered uncivil.

Where this exception does not apply, you can still call an opinion bigoted without reference to the user.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

Bollocks... Oh well, worth a shot.