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title: "Hate Symbols, Degrading Slurs & Coded Dogwhistles"
description: "Lexical blocklists, Nazi and supremacist symbology, and identifying coded memes and dogwhistles used to target minorities."
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## Directive Objective
Detect, catalog, and remove overt slurs, hate symbols, and coded dogwhistles designed to evade algorithmic moderation filters.

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## 1. Scope and Policy Coverage
This directive regulates:
- **Degrading Slurs**: Explicit racial, ethnic, religious, or homophobic slurs (e.g., N-word, F-slur, T-slur, and intentional obfuscations with leetspeak, numbers, or zero-width spaces).
- **Hate Group Symbology**: Nazi swastikas, SS runes, Confederate battle flags, KKK crosses, and flags of recognized genocidal regimes.
- **Coded Memes & Dogwhistles**: Numbers (e.g., 1488, 13/50), coded phrases, or co-opted memes used deliberately to signal supremacist beliefs or intimidate minority community members.

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## 2. Exclusion Boundaries and Scope Limits
- **Linguistic and Pedagogical Analysis**: Discussion of linguistic evolution or historical context in academic channels where slurs are referenced strictly as object of study without intent to insult or demean.
- **Benign Religious Emblems**: The traditional religious use of the sauwastika in Hindu, Buddhist, or Jain contexts where it clearly appears in legitimate sacred art.

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## 3. AutoMod Rule Recommendation
Maintain native AutoMod blocklists with regex patterns for common leet obfuscations:

```
(?i)\b(s+l+u+r+1|s+l+u+r+2)\b
```

Set AutoMod action to **Block Message** and **Send Alert to Channel** (`#staff-alerts`).