# Dewey Cheatem Undhow, are you a punk ass racist? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 10, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350 "2003-03-10T17:41:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/21 "2003-03-10T18:37:14Z")
**EasyPhil** , you do know that in the African-American community, “punk” is a derogatory term for homosexual males? Are you attempting to be insulting to the many, many, gay men who post to this board, including the one who started the thread that led to this one? Under normal circumstances I wouldn’t bother with this, but if you’re going to be all quick on the trigger to read racial insult into the word “boy” then I’m going to expect that you refrain from using language that’s more insulting when addressing it. ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/22 "2003-03-10T18:39:21Z")
Wasn’t there a thread recently that claimed that, or asked if, the word punk was slang for gay in the black community? Not that DCU is gay or isn’t (I have no idea) but is that what **EasyPhil** meant when he used the word? Not only is your rant lame you are hypocritical too I guess. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/23 "2003-03-10T18:42:10Z")
Frankly, **EasyPhil’s** use of the word “circumstances” is quite offensive and rude to me. I mean, with “cum” right there in the middle and all - whats a lady to do? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/24 "2003-03-10T18:44:15Z")
Lets just not talk, that way no one gets offended. ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/25 "2003-03-10T18:48:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland \* > \*\*I mean, with “cum” right there in the middle and all - whats a lady to do? \*\* Must… resist… urge …to …answer…quesiton. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/26 "2003-03-10T18:50:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewey Cheatem Undhow \* > \*\*Dammit, what _can_ I call him? 😃 \*\* Assclown. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/27 "2003-03-10T18:52:54Z")
I think the so called controversial statements were taken out of the post to serve an agenda, because in the context of the post, there isn’t any racism implied or overtly stated, quite the opposite from my point of view. Sound familiar, EasyPhil? [Like something you might say?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=137387&highlight=LeRoi) ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/28 "2003-03-10T19:26:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neurotik \* > \*\*And by **EasyPhil** , the most thin-skinned, quick to call anyone or anything he disagrees with racist, uptight moron on the board! \*\* Can we have a cite for that? Do you know what a racist is? Obviously not, since the word doesn’t apply to me. Oh, almost forgot, fuck you **Neurotic Jerk** ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/29 "2003-03-10T19:28:51Z")
Well, I guess that addresses all of the points raised. You’ve convinced me. ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/30 "2003-03-10T19:29:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mojo \* > \*\*I think the so called controversial statements were taken out of the post to serve an agenda, because in the context of the post, there isn’t any racism implied or overtly stated, quite the opposite from my point of view. > > Sound familiar, EasyPhil? [Like something you might say?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=137387&highlight=LeRoi) \*\* **Mojo** , nice try, you’re so clever, there’s a difference between branding someone a racist and asking the if they are. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/31 "2003-03-10T19:29:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Lets just not talk, that way no one gets offended. Great! Now we can all go around giving everyone the Silent Treatment! . . The board will go completely unused for three days, then the pent-up vitriol will overwhelm all the SDMB posters who will launch 13,000 simultaneous **Pit** attacks along with several thousand more **MPSIMS** pity whines, and the entire internet will halt, tripping over itself and curling up in the fetal position. But you’d _like_ that, wouldn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/32 "2003-03-10T19:30:36Z")
I don’t see him calling **you** a racist **EasyPhil** , but he’s claiming that you’re quick to call _others_ racists. I have no stance on that particular gig. on the OP, I didn’t see it as a racist comment, but a condescending one. and, ftr, I think the whole ‘make fun of the posters name’ gig is overrated. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/33 "2003-03-10T19:32:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EasyPhil \* > \*\*Do you know what a racist is? Obviously not, since the word doesn’t apply to me. \*\* Personally, I don’t think it applies to **Dewey** either. Unless you have more examples of his “racism” I think you might have been attributing **Dewey** with racism that wasn’t there. ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/34 "2003-03-10T19:32:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewey Cheatem Undhow \* > \*\*Dude, I had no idea you were black. Yeah, you may have mentioned it in some other thread, but there’s a _lot_ of threads on this board, and there are _lots_ of members. I’m dreadfully sorry, but I just don’t keep track of the race of each member of the board (other than those I’ve met IRL). Don’t flatter yourself. > > I wasn’t calling you a “clever boy” because of your race. I was calling you a “clever boy” because your comment was stupid. There is a difference. \*\* Well, now you know. Thanks for the clarification. My comment was stupid? Does that mean that your user name is stupid? Just asking. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/35 "2003-03-10T19:35:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wring \* > \*\*I don’t see him calling **you** a racist **EasyPhil** , but he’s claiming that you’re quick to call _others_ racists. > > I have no stance on that particular gig. on the OP, I didn’t see it as a racist comment, but a condescending one. and, ftr, I think the whole ‘make fun of the posters name’ gig is overrated. YMMV. \*\* Shit, you’re right, I stand corrected on that. ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/36 "2003-03-10T19:38:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NYR407 \* > \*\*Wasn’t there a thread recently that claimed that, or asked if, the word punk was slang for gay in the black community? Not that DCU is gay or isn’t (I have no idea) but is that what **EasyPhil** meant when he used the word? > > Not only is your rant lame you are hypocritical too I guess. \*\* I’m not familiar with that thread, but from where I come from, the word punk was not slang for a gay person in the black community. I don’t know if that has changed or not, but to my knowledge, historically it hasn’t represented that. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/37 "2003-03-10T19:48:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > \*\*I’d recommend going with “Honey Bunny Duckie Downy Sweetie Chicken Pie Li’l Ever-Lovin’ Jelly Bean,” but that might offend readers of “Pogo.” \*\* Did you just call him “honey chicken lovin’?” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/38 "2003-03-10T19:58:02Z")
**EasyPhil** , the more I think about this, the angrier I get and the more I think you owe me an apology. Calling someone a racist in this day and age is a serious insult. Most folks, myself included, would rather be accused of a triple axe murder than of being a racist. It is, in short, one of the most vile labels you can attach to another human being. And you choose to bandy it about on the skimpiest of evidence, without even a polite request for clarification. (And spare me the “I said you _may_ be a racist” defense; it’s bullshit and you know it). I am not a punk ass racist. You, however, are a punk ass fucknugget, and will remain so unless you retract your disgusting comment. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/39 "2003-03-10T19:59:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EasyPhil \* > \*\ ***Mojo** , nice try, you’re so clever \*\* 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350/40 "2003-03-10T20:04:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EasyPhil \* > **Well, now you know. Thanks for the clarification.** Don’t count on me to remember. The fact that you are black is of microscopic importance to me.\*\* > [@](#): > > My comment was stupid? Does that mean that your user name is stupid? Just asking. 😉 \*\* Yes and no, respectively. Spelling out the phrase in my user name is dumb because it’s blazingly obvious in the first place. It isn’t like anyone reads my username and doesn’t “get it.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350.md?page=3)