# Does civilized discourse entail tone policing?

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**Created:** [12 Septiembre, 2016 21:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-civilized-discourse-entail-tone-policing/50039 "2016-09-12T21:22:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Post date:** [13 Septiembre, 2016 02:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-civilized-discourse-entail-tone-policing/50039/12 "2016-09-13T02:30:34Z")

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I think that comes down to precisely whether you’re referring to a person or to behaviour when you use the word “racist” (or any of the other terms) though.

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