# What the fuck is wrong with Huey Freeman? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 8, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427 "2019-01-08T20:43:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**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 19, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/301 "2019-01-19T00:46:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I disagree. You don’t oppose anti-black racism by promoting anti-white racism. Anti-black racism and anti-white racism just feed off each other. You oppose racism by opposing it - regardless of which race it’s directed at. > > In this thread we’re calling out Huey for his racism and, yes, we’re making fun of him. (Mockery is a great tool for fighting racism. There’s nothing a supremacist hates more than hearing people laughing at his beliefs.) It’s a thread about Huey Freeman. I’d be more than happy to call out and make fun of other racists in their own pit threads. I’m not advocating promoting any sort of racism or bigotry or prejudice. I’m just saying that, IMO, standing alongside white supremacists and their enablers/tolerators in mocking/attacking a black guy aids and helps racism, bigotry, and prejudice. And thus I’m not going to do it, and I’ll urge others to also refrain from doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/302 "2019-01-19T01:18:35Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m not advocating promoting any sort of racism or bigotry or prejudice. I’m just saying that, IMO, standing alongside white supremacists and their enablers/tolerators in mocking/attacking a black guy aids and helps racism, bigotry, and prejudice. And thus I’m not going to do it, and I’ll urge others to also refrain from doing it. I started a new thread for this. [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21439420](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21439420) ---
**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 19, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/303 "2019-01-19T01:34:37Z")
Somehow I’m not terribly interested in dancing for you. Thanks for getting the number of i’s right in my username, though! ---
**Author:** ![Elmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9a140/32.png) [@Elmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmore)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/304 "2019-01-19T01:36:00Z")
> [@Huey Freeman](#): > > You were neither strong or desirable enough for a black woman, a white woman, an Asian-American woman, or _ **even a latina woman** _ wtf? lmao ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/305 "2019-01-19T01:43:52Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Somehow I’m not terribly interested in dancing for you. Thanks for getting the number of i’s right in my username, though! No problem. I don’t know if it’s because I’m on a laptop and others aren’t that the spelling’s always looked so obvious to me. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/306 "2019-01-19T02:29:29Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Somehow I’m not terribly interested in dancing for you. Thanks for getting the number of i’s right in my username, though! No, you know what? Someone (I’ll butcher the spelling badly if I don’t look it up) called you the most dangerous person on this site awhile back and it was a joke to you, you repeated it several times like it was all so funny. I’ve got news for you. Probably 90-95% of what you post is between pretty good and benign in my eyes. And I’m sitting here frozen in horror. This is horror that that notion could be so amusing to you. I’m enveloped in a darkness where I can’t even look at you. ---
**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 19, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/307 "2019-01-19T02:33:53Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > No, you know what? Someone (I’ll butcher the spelling badly if I don’t look it up) called you the most dangerous person on this site awhile back and it was a joke to you, you repeated it several times like it was all so funny. > > I’ve got news for you. Probably 90-95% of what you post is between pretty good and benign in my eyes. And I’m sitting here frozen in horror. This is horror that that notion could be so amusing to you. I’m enveloped in a darkness where I can’t even look at you. I apologize for enveloping you in darkness. May I recommend that you turn on the lights? ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/308 "2019-01-19T02:39:22Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m just saying that, IMO, standing alongside white supremacists and their enablers/tolerators in mocking/attacking a black guy aids and helps racism, bigotry, and prejudice. I understand your reticence but I have to disagree. He implied that I was a cross burner for saying — not in an inflammatory way, mind you — that it would be hard to prove that the boards are 95% white. He has continued to repeat bizarre, unfounded howlers about inbreeding having led to a massive incidence of autism among white persons. I don’t pretend to know what white supremacists want, and I certainly don’t want to aid and abet it. But it doesn’t feel right that I can’t say “this poster is making really stupid, crazy claims” because there are white supremacists who hate him for being black. It’s not right to, say, claim that he’s really white or a Russian. But yeah, I resent being called an inbred autist. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/309 "2019-01-19T02:56:19Z")
> [@Huey\_Freeman](#): > > Notice how this animal ignored the thrust of my point to talk about nonsense (unrelated to my point)? Oh the irony. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I find myself constitutionally incapable of standing alongside tacit supporters and tolerators of white supremacism (there are indeed a few in this thread, based on my reading of present and past posts) and shit on someone who appears to me to be an angry black man. I’m not sure about some of **Huey** ’s posts, but I don’t believe I’m qualified to sit in any sort of judgment, even just on a message board, of an angry black man, in today’s America. > > White supremacism is still, by far, the biggest enemy. It’s still, by far, the worst thing in America. And the biggest threat to Americans. Focusing on the flaws of a black man who may well be a highly flawed individual, but still quite likely (in this America!) has pretty damn good reason for being angry, IMO is providing a small but still real bit of rhetorical aid and comfort to white supremacism. > > Which doesn’t mean no criticism, but IMO a lot in this thread is going well beyond the likely reasonable “hey, you’re being an idiot about autism”, and crossing into that realm of aiding white supremacism. Especially when you’re laughing at **Huey** right alongside supporters and/or tolerators of white supremacism. > > Just my opinion. No. There is no excuse to insult the family members of others, especially children. Being a persecuted minority is NOT a license to persecute others. **Huey** has said some very hateful things about the disabled, immigrants (particularly children), and struck at the family members of posters. Would Jewish members of the board get free reign to spew homophobic slurs? Can we allow trans members to use the n-word? Does Louis Farrakhan get a pass for the hateful shit he said about Jews? What about all the shit Perez Hilton has done? Hey, Roman Polanski was a Holocaust survivor whose wife and unborn child were murdered in one of the most horrific crimes of the 20th century! Surely that twisted his mind and he wasn’t thinking right when he raped that girl – let him get a freebie! Let’s just let bygones be bygones, shall we? Where does it end? **iiandyiiii** , I like you, and consider you a friend here, but I think you’re dead wrong on this. Look, at this point, at this point, it’s pretty much obvious that **Huey** ’s already made up his mind. He’s not here to debate, he’s here to preach. People aren’t giving him shit because he’s black, they’re giving him shit because they do that to everyone else who comes here to preach, and don’t bother to learn the culture of the place. He’s been given advice, (“hey, no offense, but you might want to check things out a bit, observe, blah blah blah”), but no dice. YOU yourself have been here long enough to know that. You’ve SEEN how many times shit like this goes down. It’s only the reason the person comes here that changes. And again, going after the family members of posters, especially their children, should, in my mind, be against the rules. I think it should fall under being a jerk. But, if it makes him feel better to believe he’s being persecuted because of race well, then hey, whatever. I’ve got more important things to worry about right now. ---
**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 19, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/310 "2019-01-19T03:00:18Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Oh the irony. > > No. There is no excuse to insult the family members of others, especially children. > > Being a persecuted minority is NOT a license to persecute others. **Huey** has said some very hateful things about the disabled, immigrants (particularly children), and struck at the family members of posters. > > Would Jewish members of the board get free reign to spew homophobic slurs? Can we allow trans members to use the n-word? > > Does Louis Farrakhan get a pass for the hateful shit he said about Jews? What about all the shit Perez Hilton has done? > Hey, Roman Polanski was a Holocaust survivor whose wife and unborn child were murdered in one of the most horrific crimes of the 20th century! Surely that twisted his mind and he wasn’t thinking right when he raped that girl – let him get a freebie! Let’s just let bygones be bygones, shall we? > Where does it end? > > **iiandyiiii** , I like you, and consider you a friend here, but I think you’re dead wrong on this. > Look, at this point, at this point, it’s pretty much obvious that **Huey** ’s already made up his mind. He’s not here to debate, he’s here to preach. People aren’t giving him shit because he’s black, they’re giving him shit because they do that to everyone else who comes here to preach, and don’t bother to learn the culture of the place. He’s been given advice, (“hey, no offense, but you might want to check things out a bit, observe, blah blah blah”), but no dice. YOU yourself have been here long enough to know that. You’ve SEEN how many times shit like this goes down. It’s only the reason the person comes here that changes. > > And again, going after the family members of posters, especially their children, should, in my mind, be against the rules. I think it should fall under being a jerk. > > But, if it makes him feel better to believe he’s being persecuted because of race well, then hey, whatever. I’ve got more important things to worry about right now. Most of this is unrelated to what I’m saying. But I said what I wanted to say, and I don’t plan to make a big thing about it. It was just my thoughts and opinions, which I thought some might be interested in. Whatever **Huey** says, I’d rather be silent than stand alongside white supremacist tolerators and enablers in attacking and mocking him. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/311 "2019-01-19T03:00:34Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m not advocating promoting any sort of racism or bigotry or prejudice. I’m just saying that, IMO, standing alongside white supremacists and their enablers/tolerators in mocking/attacking a black guy aids and helps racism, bigotry, and prejudice. And thus I’m not going to do it, and I’ll urge others to also refrain from doing it. I think this is weak-minded, it’s pretty much the definition of virtue-signalling. It’s paying lip service to the true and important lessons of modern social theory, but in reality it’s just going completely off the deep end with identity politics. We’re not joining teams here. We’re expressing our views on the behavior of one human being, not all black people. You seem to be explicitly suggesting that we suspend our critical faculties, _not_ judge this person on the content of his character, _not_ judge issues on their merits, but just align ourselves tribally as progressive or “white supremacist”. Well, I don’t think Huey needs a team to support him, he seems to be quite able to stand up for himself. And I don’t think the color of Huey’s skin _automatically_ makes him a progressive ally. If you won’t call out Huey’s toxic bigotry, then you’re enabling it. Do you think that being an ally of black people in the fight against racism means that no black person can ever do wrong? Or that if you ever disagree with a black person’s behavior, that implies that you are “standing alongside white supremacists”? This is identity politics gone mad, it’s an intellectually bankrupt ideology. As I asked earlier of asahi, is there _any_ extreme Huey could go to that would be unacceptable for you? What if he advocated killing all Jews? If I called him out on _that_, would that still mean I was “standing alongside white supremacists”? Do I need to persevere with the _reductio ad absurdum_? If Shodan (or whoever you think is a white supremacist here) happens to agree with me on the narrow issue of calling out Huey’s toxic bigotry, so what? That does not somehow magically suck me into the vortex of Shodan’s more general bullshit, or imply that I’m “standing alongside” Shodan. And I’m not so insecure that I’m worried that criticizing one particular black man’s toxic bigotry somehow undermines my credibility as an ally of black people in opposition to racism. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/312 "2019-01-19T03:05:51Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Most of this is unrelated to what I’m saying. But I said what I wanted to say, and I don’t plan to make a big thing about it. It was just my thoughts and opinions, which I thought some might be interested in. Whatever **Huey** says, I’d rather be silent than stand alongside white supremacist tolerators and enablers in attacking and mocking him. YMMV. I think the reason people are mocking him is that they feel he’s insincere, for the most part. Attacking, well, considering some of the hateful things he’s said – and I’m not talking about white people – I don’t think it’s unwarranted. YMMV. Oh, and just as a post-script. Yes, **Huey** , I DO suffer from depression – anxiety too. I’m also an epileptic, just in case you want to come up with any insults there. As far as I know, none of it was caused by inbreeding. ---
**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 19, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/313 "2019-01-19T03:07:15Z")
I said what I wanted to say, and folks can say what they want to say. I don’t think the last couple of responses are really getting what I’m saying, and that’s okay. I’m not going to go on a deep dive; I just wanted to put my thoughts out there. ---
**Author:** ![Huey\_Freeman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/huey_freeman/32/251_2.png) [@Huey\_Freeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huey_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/314 "2019-01-19T03:48:29Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > As I asked earlier of asahi, is there _any_ extreme Huey could go to that would be unacceptable for you? What if he advocated killing all Jews? If I called him out on _that_, would that still mean I was “standing alongside white supremacists”? Do I need to persevere with the _reductio ad absurdum_? I hope **asahi** did not answer it. You’re asking whether I could call for the extermination of a people and whether that would be acceptable behavior? Is that the question? That’s the most stupid ass question I’ve seen on this forum. And you’re stupid as fuck for asking it. The first reason it’s a stupid ass question is because calling for the extermination of any group of people is against the fucking rules of the message board. Ya’ll thots may not read (“it’s too long”, “it’s a block of text”, “omg, reading, it hurts”, “the words burn”), but I do. Second reason it’s a stupid ass question is because there are _no_ words or posts that I wrote that called or advocated for the killing of _anyone._ Lastly, asahi likely knows you’re trying to equivocate your support for white supremacy and racism with my comments. I called ya’ll animals and thots, I called ya’ll autistic and inbred - _so the fuck what?_ - that’s comparable to Grand Dragon Shodan (aka [Komodo Dragon](https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Komodo-dragons-eat-their-young)Shodan) sustained attack on people of color _for the last few decades?_ Are you _this_ fragile? Get a fucking grip. Trust me, bruh, and you take this to the bank: if and when this Republic falls it won’t be because of a “black man’s toxic bigotry”. Best believe that. ---
**Author:** ![griffen2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@griffen2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffen2)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/315 "2019-01-19T03:53:32Z")
Erm, Huey? What was this about? > [@Huey Freeman](#): > > You were neither strong or desirable enough for a black woman, a white woman, an Asian-American woman, _ **or even a latina woman** _ Should we add Latinos to the list of people you hate, along with white people, women, autistic people, and black people who don’t think like you? ---
**Author:** ![Huey\_Freeman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/huey_freeman/32/251_2.png) [@Huey\_Freeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huey_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/316 "2019-01-19T04:24:11Z")
> [@griffen2](#): > > Erm, Huey? What was this about? > > Should we add Latinos to the list of people you hate, along with white people, women, autistic people, and black people who don’t think like you? **Asahi** , this is the vulture behavior I was telling you about. I like this particular post because the comment representative of how the vultures work. The vulture will pick out something tangential to your point and use that point to question your intentions or to paint you as a hypocrite. _This is exactly what was done to you with the cunt comment_. The vultures don’t care what about your response, the point is to try to humiliate, make you look like a hypocrite, to catch you off guard, to make you the object of derision. And, frankly, let’s face it, these hoes have already dehumanized you anyway. I can see them saying this shit to me, but to _you_? Face it, asahi, you’re just not welcome in the cult. And know that you will never get empathy or compassion from these vultures. Monster is, as monster does. I know The Bible is not liked around here but I think Matthew 7:16 is key. What soothes me is that their cult-like maneuvering is shriveling this place into a raisin. It’s their just deserts (and they have no one else to blame but themselves). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/317 "2019-01-19T04:35:29Z")
You said the words, dude. Own 'em. ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/318 "2019-01-19T06:40:27Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m not advocating promoting any sort of racism or bigotry or prejudice. I’m just saying that, IMO, standing alongside white supremacists and their enablers/tolerators in mocking/attacking a black guy aids and helps racism, bigotry, and prejudice. And thus I’m not going to do it, and I’ll urge others to also refrain from doing it. White supremacists? Yoohoo, Aryans! We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children. Who’s with me? ::Crickets:: If you toss words like that around frivolously, everyone will ignore you when David Duke shows up. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/319 "2019-01-19T06:43:08Z")
> [@Huey\_Freeman](#): > > **Asahi** , I just wanted point out this post for you. Remember how I just described these animals as vultures, right? Notice how this animal ignored the thrust of my point to talk about nonsense (unrelated to my point)? _They are doing the same thing to you_. These strategies are employed by the vultures to erase an individual’s argument by degrading their credibility, questioning their authenticity, and/or cast aspersions on their intentions. Don’t fall into that trap. You can’t stop [white folks from lynching](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/LnqBOPFV6KS2hAM4NcaGXN4qkJs=/400x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Red_Summer_1919_Omaha_Nebraska_lynching-5895c38a5f9b5874eeedd65b.jpg), it’s literally in their DNA, and they’ve been doing it for a long, long time. Ignore these thots (I wrote the last two sentences on purpose so you can see - in real-time - how these cross-burning vultures focus on a tangential word or phrase, rather than the overall point). Anyway, this all brings me back to my unsolicited advice about pulling back your participation here. Good luck. > > Enjoy your weekend. Look, as I informed the knuckleheads in ATMB, you don’t have a strong case against so-called misogyny when you employ misandrist or ageist or racist comments. The same goes for you. You can’t whine about so-called racism while posting racist nonsense. At least post something ‘racist’ that may be true. Like white cornerbacks are too slow for the NFL. But this autism thing loses you valuable allies. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I find myself constitutionally incapable of standing alongside tacit supporters and tolerators of white supremacism (there are indeed a few in this thread, based on my reading of present and past posts) and shit on someone who appears to me to be an angry black man. I’m not sure about some of **Huey** ’s posts, but I don’t believe I’m qualified to sit in any sort of judgment, even just on a message board, of an angry black man, in today’s America. > > White supremacism is still, by far, the biggest enemy. It’s still, by far, the worst thing in America. And the biggest threat to Americans. Focusing on the flaws of a black man who may well be a highly flawed individual, but still quite likely (in this America!) has pretty damn good reason for being angry, IMO is providing a small but still real bit of rhetorical aid and comfort to white supremacism. > > Which doesn’t mean no criticism, but IMO a lot in this thread is going well beyond the likely reasonable “hey, you’re being an idiot about autism”, and crossing into that realm of aiding white supremacism. Especially when you’re laughing at **Huey** right alongside supporters and/or tolerators of white supremacism. > > Just my opinion. Sure you can. You just have to have a spine. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427/320 "2019-01-19T06:47:43Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Oh the irony. > > No. There is no excuse to insult the family members of others, especially children. > > Being a persecuted minority is NOT a license to persecute others. **Huey** has said some very hateful things about the disabled, immigrants (particularly children), and struck at the family members of posters. > > Would Jewish members of the board get free reign to spew homophobic slurs? Can we allow trans members to use the n-word? > > Does Louis Farrakhan get a pass for the hateful shit he said about Jews? What about all the shit Perez Hilton has done? > Hey, Roman Polanski was a Holocaust survivor whose wife and unborn child were murdered in one of the most horrific crimes of the 20th century! Surely that twisted his mind and he wasn’t thinking right when he raped that girl – let him get a freebie! Let’s just let bygones be bygones, shall we? > Where does it end? > > **iiandyiiii** , I like you, and consider you a friend here, but I think you’re dead wrong on this. > Look, at this point, at this point, it’s pretty much obvious that **Huey** ’s already made up his mind. He’s not here to debate, he’s here to preach. People aren’t giving him shit because he’s black, they’re giving him shit because they do that to everyone else who comes here to preach, and don’t bother to learn the culture of the place. He’s been given advice, (“hey, no offense, but you might want to check things out a bit, observe, blah blah blah”), but no dice. YOU yourself have been here long enough to know that. You’ve SEEN how many times shit like this goes down. It’s only the reason the person comes here that changes. > > And again, going after the family members of posters, especially their children, should, in my mind, be against the rules. I think it should fall under being a jerk. > > But, if it makes him feel better to believe he’s being persecuted because of race well, then hey, whatever. I’ve got more important things to worry about right now. You now care about civil behavior in the Pit? :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427.md?page=17)