What would you classify as a rude question?

“Why are you such a bitch?”

“Why are you such a Removed by Moderators?”

Do you mean in person or here on fluther?

A question that insults someone.

One that attacks a person or a group’s appearance or character.

“Are you stupid?”

@Jeruba More particular here on Fluther (or any QnA site), but face to face will work too.

Have you gained weight?

I think it generally depends on the intent of the question or the feeling behind it. I am a very open person so I don’t mind answering all manner of questions. However, if someone asks me a question and there is malicious intent behind it, I will be insulted.

For example, someone can ask me about my sex life and I will not think it rude if they are expressing honest curiosity or even concern. If, however, that person asks the same question and the intent is to embarrass me or defame my character, then I will be very insulted.

Do fat people need selecting for ritualised slaughter?

A question that attacks a certain group of people, or an individual.

Example: “Why do black people and gay people not follow the word of god?”

Common back on AB

I would classify a rude question as one I didn’t have an equally rude answer for…

In the real world,“When are you due?” – if she isn’t.

Well, there are lots of rude questions.

There are the ones (as exemplified above) that assume negative aspects of your person or character and question why you are such-and-such a way—assuming that you are, or assuming that that’s a bad way to be.

There are overly inquisitive personal questions that are rude—for which different people have different thresholds of “rudeness”—such as income, sexual orientation, age, weight, etc.

There are also overly abrupt and (apparently) short-tempered questions, such as “So what?” in response to a comment or complaint. “What are you lookin’ at?” is a rude question, often in response to a rude or overly inquisitive look or stare.

Hell, even a question that isn’t properly understood or heard can be “considered” to be a rude question, whether it was really intended that way or not.

I find the ones that attack someone’s intelligence, when they don’t agree with them, to be very rude. It’s the lowest form of an insult, when people say you’re stupid, dumb, an idiot etc. That really gets up my nose, as well as the other ones that have been mentioned.

The kinda question that’s actually a statement, and exists merely to insult and mock the people or subject that the asker doesn’t agree with, such as; “Isn’t America such a dirtbag country?”
I find it so ignorant, rude and arrogant that these people attempt to bypass such a blatant concept under the guise of a question. I mean they actually think they’re fooling someone.

That, in close relation to said concept, another rude type of question is the kind where people will, again, state their own perceived personal qualities or intellect, and formulate the question so it states that only what they are, do or think is right.
Ironically enough, something such as; “Aren’t you sick of rude, non polite people who always swear?”

I know it sounds weird to hear that on Fluther, but this species of question askers mostly resides on the Answerbag habitat. I’ve seen it enough there to assume that it’s rather prominent online.

A rude question can be spiteful, derogatory, insulting, mean spirited, unfriendly, callous, discourteous, impolite, vulgar, ignorant, coarse, abusive, slanderous, and disparaging.

I ran out of adjectives.

@Symbeline GA!

“Do you have any idea what you are talking about?” – This one has always come up as rude to me..

@CyanoticWasp Great answer! The way I think of it a rude question is one that is classified as socially unacceptable to ask.

@HungryGuy C’mon man, too much.

Questions that rely on assumptions and generalizations. See: Why do [group of people] always [stereotypical action]?

Rhetorical questions. See: You know you’re a [derogatory term], right?

“Are you a guy or a girl? My next question depends on your answer.”

@stemnyjones Sad, but true.

…a question that I’m not allowed to answer :-/

How about a question about another user that is stupid and name calling?

@avvooooooo Agreed.

Questions can be rude if they contain general allegations and innuendos. For example the recent question

http://www.fluther.com/disc/65610/what-is-the-sociological-explanation-for-why-hitlers-army-commited-acts/

“What is the sociological explanation for why Hitlers army committed acts of brutality?”

is perfectly okay and not rude at all. Suppose it would be changed to

“Why is it the German way to commit acts of brutality?”

as one of the new Flutherites actually responded in his answer. I found this to be one of the rudest answer we’ve ever gotten from anyone on Fluther since I joined. Which shows that both questions and answers have the potential for rudeness.

Are you going to eat all that? Well Einstein, what do you think? It’s on my plate isn’t it?