Have any of you ever dealt with racism on your forum?

For forums that put a lot of emphasis on free speech, where does racism stand in terms of that speech?

I will ban a racist, and I have rules against it. I’m proud to acknowledge that. IMO, racism doesn’t have a place in this world.

How about you all? Where do you stand? Have you ever dealt with it?

Racism is not right regardless of the situation.

Amusing story but my first forum I censored all of the racial slurs. Well I made it change the word “cracker(s)” to “white person(s)”.

Months later I wasn't thinking and started a topic about food and started talking about actual crackers to eat and the whole paragraph was very confusing. 🤣 It was then I realized I went overboard.

But on topic, I don’t tolerate it at all.

Any community I run or govern has rules enforced by bans for racist and derogatory remarks. It comes with an immediate, permanent ban.

It’s 2026, there is no place in the world for that, period. Had I been alive back in the day, I’d probably of died early on standing up to people who were/are racist.

I have always been against racism, and I do not feel it is right, no matter where or how it takes place.

I would never allow any kind of racism on my forum at all, and any sign of it, without warning, the member would be banned.

I’m against any form of harassment, and that goes for racism. It also goes for homophobia and transphobia, all three are rooted in bigotry. I always make a rule to treat others with respect, regardless of your own views. If you can’t do that, then you are not welcomed on any of my communities.

It’s kind of difficult thing to deal with. For instance, there’s one obvious holocaust denier and racist, but it’s sort of “under the radar”.

Well, I guess the line gets crossed when they use racial slurs.

On Sep 17, 2026, Shortie said:

I have always been against racism, and I do not feel it is right, no matter where or how it takes place.

I would never allow any kind of racism on my forum at all, and any sign of it, without warning, the member would be banned.

I do not think that racism should be tolerated on forums. We are already living in a world where people hate each other so much. We should never entertain people who spread hatred against any race or religion. People belonging to all races and religions are humans and we should respect all of them. Having said that, it is always a good thing to ban people who promote hatred or racism. It is better for the forum and for the community as well.

Racism doesn't have a place anywhere, either on forum or in any other place. Having free speech doesn't give anyone the audacity to spread hate.

I'm against racism as well. But there are people who think harassing others and spreading hatred is what they call “free speech”. I think actions like that should be punished immediately. People who do that shouldn't be allowed on a forum.

People get warnings on the Christian forum I run if they try to hate race…including whites!

Ravenfreak said:

I’m against any form of harassment,

I was just going to post that same statement.

If you cant do it at work in a properly run company, you cant do it on my site. Instaban.

Discrimination is a festering rotting mess if left unattended. And it seems the world environment today has enabled the usage much more so.

Bro, kind of a dumb question—just block the racist person and that's it, lol. I don't know what other solution you're looking for. And if you mean the whole forum is racist, why would you want to sign up for a place like that? I'd just avoid it and be done with it.

On Sep 28, 2026, maxwolfstein65 said:

Bro, kind of a dumb question—just block the racist person and that's it, lol. I don't know what other solution you're looking for. And if you mean the whole forum is racist, why would you want to sign up for a place like that? I'd just avoid it and be done with it.

I am quite sure that the whole forum cannot be racist. I have been on several forums. In many cases, the people in their forums were great. However, a few people might make forum look bad. Under such kind of circumstances, it is always a good idea to point out such people and report them to the admin.