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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

When he complained, rightwingers sent him homophobic taunts online.

Black gay Republican podcaster Rob Smith has claimed that “white supremacist” members of his political party called him “fa**ot” and the n-word during his Sunday night attendance of Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest event in Phoenix, Arizona. Though Smith posted a video of his brief interaction with the aggressors, commenters on X (formerly Twitter) noted that the video didn’t feature the n-word and mocked Smith his membership in an anti-gay political party.

“Last night in Phoenix, I was confronted and surrounded by some White Supremacists that don’t like gays or blacks in the Republican Party,” Smith wrote in a December 18 post on X. “They shouted ‘nr’ and ‘ft’ at me to make their point. However, I served in Iraq. I never back down. Ever.”

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[-] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 11 months ago

So they said the quiet part out loud?

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 8 points 11 months ago

Republicans have never been all that quiet …

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 14 points 11 months ago

White Supremacists [...] don’t like gays or blacks in the Republican Party

I don't like anyone in the Republican Party.

We are not the same.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If this is what it takes for him to realize that he’s on the side of people who hate him, then I guess it’s ultimately for the best. Since he still insists he will “never back down”, though, I’m not very hopeful.

Edit: I didn’t know Roseanne Barr was a full-on Holocaust denier. Terrible person, sure, but I didn’t realize she’d gone that far off the rails. Huh.

[-] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Never ever backing down from a stupid fucking position like "black gay republican" or "The Iraq War" seems like an issue to discuss in therapy, dumbfuck. Not the national news. Christ i fucking hate people.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 12 points 11 months ago

Is there a leopards ate my face fediverse community?

[-] sik0fewl@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago

!conservative

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[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 11 points 11 months ago

This guy is probably only OK with the hate when they have tiki torches chanting "Jews will not replace us", or when Orange Leader is telling the cult that immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our nation". Who knew they would be hateful towards people that are gay and/or black when Orange Leader had a dinner party with a former KKK Grand Wizard?!?!

[-] ExfilBravo@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago
[-] BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 11 months ago

"The longer you live the more you realize something it's fucked up."

George Carlin RIP.

[-] moon@lemmy.cafe 11 points 11 months ago

Yeah, no shit. That's why we don't allow that speech

[-] crackajack@reddthat.com 10 points 11 months ago
[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Everything about this is sad.

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[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

Damn man. The monetary haul from stupid people must be THAT good lmao.

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