# I pitt he asshol;es who called me a racist while my back was turned. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 10, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622 "2010-12-10T03:37:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/21 "2010-12-10T09:21:27Z")
So, anybody have any thoughts on the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/22 "2010-12-10T09:44:58Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > So, anybody have any thoughts on the OP? How about “He’s a scrote”? ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/23 "2010-12-10T09:48:28Z")
Sorry, just skipped the thread title, what was it about, just read that it was about an asshole or something, and that you had your back turned. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/24 "2010-12-10T09:49:23Z")
> [@Gary\_Kumquat](#): > > How about “He’s a scrote”? I do have to admit, I’m always particularly tickled by the bizarre defense: “Group X isn’t a race, so you can’t say I’m a racist! (I’m a bigot, learn your damn terminology!)” I’ve never quite understood that gambit. It’s similar to: “Semitic languages included but aren’t limited to Hebrew, so I’m not an anti-Semite because I don’t hate Arabs, just Jews.” But I guess if racists and bigots had tight logic and rhetoric, well… ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/25 "2010-12-10T10:08:52Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > But I guess if racists and bigots had tight logic and rhetoric, well… … **Starving Artist** and **Valteron** would be more skilled debaters? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/26 "2010-12-10T10:25:42Z")
More like “If racists and bigots had tight logic and rhetoric, well, they wouldn’t have allowed themselves to become racists or bigots in the first place.” But I will also accept your answer and wish to inform you that you have won a toaster. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/27 "2010-12-10T11:17:48Z")
My god, DMC is gay? Noooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/28 "2010-12-10T11:39:43Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > My god, DMC is gay? Noooooooo! Naw, but I did put on a good act at the Gay Agenda Gathering of America (GAGA) in order to get my free gift. The toaster they were giving away was fabulous, my dear. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/29 "2010-12-10T13:46:46Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > My god, DMC is gay? Noooooooo! Watch out! There are bigots here! Yes, that’s right. My advice is: RUN, DMC! ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/30 "2010-12-10T14:30:52Z")
On the other hand, all the gay people should GO TO DMC! GO TO DMC! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/31 "2010-12-10T14:35:21Z")
In the OP’s defense, some of his best friends aren’t racist. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/32 "2010-12-10T15:57:20Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > … the first black Supreme Court justice was appointed by a Republican… Just to check: in your world, is LBJ a Republican or is Thurgood Marshall white? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/33 "2010-12-10T16:11:46Z")
Thurgood Marshall was African-American. That’s, like, totally different. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/34 "2010-12-10T16:14:20Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Just to check: in your world, is LBJ a Republican or is Thurgood Marshall white? I think it’s more likely that in **SA** ’s world, Earl Warren is black. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/35 "2010-12-10T16:49:23Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > I think it’s more likely that in **SA** ’s world, Earl Warren is black. …and a Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/36 "2010-12-10T16:51:20Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Watch out! There are bigots here! > > Yes, that’s right. My advice is: > > RUN, DMC! Booooooo… ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/37 "2010-12-10T16:53:41Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > I do have to admit, I’m always particularly tickled by the bizarre defense: “Group X isn’t a race, so you can’t say I’m a racist! (I’m a bigot, learn your damn terminology!)” > I’ve never quite understood that gambit. It’s similar to: “Semitic languages included but aren’t limited to Hebrew, so I’m not an anti-Semite because I don’t hate Arabs, just Jews.” Or, “I’m not a homophobe. I don’t fear gays; i just dislike them.” ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/38 "2010-12-10T17:15:41Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > …and a Democrat. And a stripper. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/39 "2010-12-10T18:00:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Smeghead \*\* > Watch out! There are bigots here! > > Yes, that’s right. My advice is: > > RUN, DMC! > [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > Booooooo… Would you rather he walk this way? ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622/40 "2010-12-10T18:10:18Z")
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