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White Comedian Josh Denny Gets Dragged To Hell On Twitter For Saying ‘Straight White Male’ Is The New N-Word

Even Don Cheadle had to chime in.

Comedian Josh Denny had a case of foot-in-mouth last Friday after he made a comment that overwhelmingly rubbed most of Twitter the wrong way.

In the racially insensitive tweet, Denny claims the phrase "straight white male" is this century's N-word, and, needless to say, Twitter and a few A-list actors — including the likes of Don Cheadle — dragged him for his ignorant comment.

In his initial tweet, Denny said that the phrase, like the N-word, in his opinion, "is used to offend and diminish the recipient based on assumption and bias."

  • He rounded out his flighty explanation by adding that there is absolutely "no difference in the usage."

  • After his annoyingly attention-seeking comments went viral, he was put in his place by a series of public personalities and accounts including the likes of Cheadle, who kept it direct with two necessary responsive words, and even Dictionary.com, which gave him a bit more context into why he sounds like an idiot.

  • Kima Jones also highlighted this interesting point that put everything into perspective. Honestly, Denny, you should read this:

  • The rest of Twitter carried on the roast in the best way possible, and we wholeheartedly hope he got the picture, because... bruh... no.

  • Well, look at that. It seems as Denny is a misogynist in addition to his part-time racism. Shocking.

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