# Louis Farrakhan really is a racist shithead isn't he? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720 "2015-01-13T16:21:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/21 "2015-01-14T14:13:48Z")
> [@DingoelGringo](#): > > I’ve never even seen any one trying to present “Evidence for God existing.” Usually people admit that that is thru faith meaning believing in the unbelievable. Show us a bit of that proof. Please. You’re asking me for proof for God existing? There isn’t any . . . that was kinda the point! CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/22 "2015-01-14T14:14:37Z")
> [@](#): > > The interesting thing was the later part of the speech where he seemed to suggest black people are good because they will look at the sun and say hey great sun! But white people are bad because they look at the sun and say I can do that, and go on to do atomic research on hydrogen. What does this mean? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/23 "2015-01-14T14:16:24Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > What does this mean? > > Regards, > Shodan It seems like an incredibly dumb way to blame nuclear weapons on “white people” as a group. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/24 "2015-01-14T14:20:31Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > What does this mean? > > Regards, > Shodan That retinal injuries from looking at the sun affect different races in different ways, clearly. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/25 "2015-01-14T14:35:43Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > What does this mean? > > Regards, > Shodan Noble savages \>\> evil modern science ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/26 "2015-01-14T14:36:22Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > I’m white, and have to tell you, this is so out there it’s wildly entertaining. The only thing Im trying to figure out is if us honkies were ignorant savages who lived in caves, how were we able to use “tricknology” to turn the tables on the brothers? > > The part about Moses blowing up white people with dynamite is laugh out loud hilarious! Me too! The first time I heard this I thought this would make a great movie. The controversy alone it would be sure to cause would make millions! ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/27 "2015-01-14T15:32:22Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Louis Farrakhan really is a racist shithead isn’t he? > > I was listening to one of his speeches where he made the most absurd, easily refutable claims such as that Musa(his name for the biblical figure Moses) lead white people who had devolved into savagery in europe and had no language, no ability to use fire, only lived in caves, and didn’t bury their dead into civilization. That is not even close to the biblical story, and contains so many easily refutable errors it seems a waste to try. > > The interesting thing was the later part of the speech where he seemed to suggest black people are good because they will look at the sun and say hey great sun! But white people are bad because they look at the sun and say I can do that, and go on to do atomic research on hydrogen. He gave other examples of this same line of reasoning, the audience seemed in enthusiastic agreement with it. I pointed out that this same speech could have come out of the mouth of a KKK leader.😛 > > I mean late to the party I guess but I never realized how full of factual errors and bizarre racist sounding crud he was. Yes, Louis Farrakhan is a bizarre racist shithead. He counts on his followers (fellow racists?) to not investigate his easily refutable errors. aka - If Farrakhan sez it, it must be true. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/28 "2015-01-14T21:31:32Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > What does this mean? It means Farrakhan believes black people are inherently, genetically too stupid to have discovered nuclear physics, and that only white people could possibly have done it. Really, he’s a Klansman in blackface, minus the most overt pyromania. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/29 "2015-01-15T00:06:01Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I was living inside The Beltway when the Million Man March happened and watched the beginning of his speech on TV. He used all kinds of bizarre numerology to justify his points. I remember really wanting to attend but being turned off by Farrakhan being one of the leaders. Ugh!! ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/30 "2015-01-15T00:15:00Z")
> [@Stuffy](#): > > I remember really wanting to attend but being turned off by Farrakhan being one of the leaders. Ugh!! Ditto. I had a bunch of friends who went, but couldn’t bring myself to support the NOI. On the other hand, while I consider him the moral equivalent of, say, David Duke…there’s a lot more David Dukes out there than Louis Farrakhans. I rely on him and the NOI to anchor their end of the crazy curve. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/31 "2015-01-15T07:05:44Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Don’t you mean DY NO MITE! Points.:):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/32 "2015-01-15T13:28:47Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > [Yakub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakub_%28Nation_of_Islam%29). Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam does, in fact, promote this belief. I have read some incredibly stupid shit in my lifetime. That “theory” appears to have distilled all teh stoopid possible and concentrated it in one manifesto. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/33 "2015-01-15T20:18:06Z")
I have a vague memory of seeing Farrakhan on Donahue, which should give you some idea of how long ago we’re talking about. If my memory is accurate, the conversation went something like this: D: Why would you say something like (repeats some horrible quote about people of non-black race) F: I would never say something like that. D: But I’m quoting you directly. You DID say just that. F: Yes I did. D: So why would you say something like that? F: I would never say something like that. This little cycle repeated itself three or four times. The audience was packed with Farrakhan’s followers, who would applaud every time he spoke like he had just delivered the word of God. It was weird. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/34 "2015-01-15T20:22:32Z")
We’re discussing Louis Farrakhan? What is this? 1995? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/35 "2015-01-15T23:10:08Z")
Oh wow, I don’t even know why I made a thread now because I’ve seen an article about a speech he made where he said Obama is being controlled by satanic jews. This guy is a real life troll on the level of Phelps, I’m baffled the media pays him any attention. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/36 "2015-01-15T23:18:54Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Well, if there’s one source we can count on for historical accuracy, it’s definitely the Bible. :dubious: Why were you listening to Farrakhan in the first place? A local “black power” radio station was playing his speeches and a neighboring person was playing it loud, the only previous exposure I had to him was his name being mentioned in the media. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/37 "2015-01-15T23:21:18Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > What does this mean? > > Regards, > Shodan White people are bad because they use teh science! Or possibly white people are usurping the role of god or something. One of his other examples was black people noticing heredity, but white people have to do research and discover DNA and create ungodly monstrosities. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/38 "2015-01-15T23:38:49Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Really, he’s a Klansman in blackface, minus the most overt pyromania. That right there was the most striking thing to me^! I was like this is surreal, this portion of the speech could be coming from a klansman and it would be verbatim the same. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720/39 "2015-01-17T20:44:53Z")
It’s depressing that blacks pay him the attention that they do but of course no one race has a monopoly on stupidity and there are many white clowns with equally ludicrous beliefs, and with just as many intellectually-challenged dullards hanging on their every word. (\*Sigh \*) The Straight Dope has a long, long row to hoe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720.md?page=1)