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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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[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 264 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 70 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No no don’t you know it’s antifa that orchestrated this to make republicans look bad?! /s

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago

The true bigots are the left /s

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Leopards paid me off.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 178 points 1 year ago (5 children)

black man attends KKK meeting, shocked to find they were rather rude to him

[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Clayton Bigsby?

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 142 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Maybe having served in Iraq, he should have learned how a mistake is sometimes just a mistake and to know how to change your course of action once it turns out to be a mistake.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Or maybe he just learned how to live in denial, and put a positive spin on a nightmarish clusterfuck. Mission Accomplished!

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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 104 points 1 year ago (3 children)

He went to what was essentially a white supremacist rally and was shocked to meet white supremacists.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Hopefully no one feels sorry and donates to him. I have a feeling, though.

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[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 87 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“They shouted ‘nr’ and ‘ft’ at me to make their point. However, I served in Iraq. I never back down. Ever.”

I don't understand this take. Because he served in the military, he won't stop being allies with people even when they attack him and call him hateful slurs?

I don't think I've ever heard the "I served in Iraq, so I'm a doormat" argument before...

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[–] the_q@lemmy.world 85 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Why in the hell would a gay black man be a Republican?

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Attention? Self-loathing? Money? There are options. No good ones, but they're there.

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Not so much that last one. Nobody that's not already ridiculously wealthy (like 0.1% wealthy) is going to profit under the GOP, it's just a question of how far back in the queue you are to get fleeced. All their policies are based around concentrating all the nations wealth into as few hands as possible. It's why the GOP has such a love affair with Russia of late, they want to emulate Putin and his oligarch minions.

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[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe he's racist against immigrants? Alternatively, maybe he's hoping that they'll care more about him being a fellow rich person (if he is in fact rich) than about his gay blackness (they don't).

[–] Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Maybe he bought the lie that the ideology that belies Conservative platform isn't racist (or is an acceptable parameter of racist) or homophobic... Or maybe he just feels like he's been accepted into the club when he gets cheered on by his Conservative buddies for slaging on trans folk and other POCs because they lift him up as an exception. " Here's what a "good" gay black guy looks like. See we're not racist and our platform has merit we got one of them on our side! Buy him a drink! "... This holds up until you get into company that doesn't have to lie to themselves that they aren't trying to oppress you and want you to just not be an uncomfortable problem anymore.

Every genocide has idiots who join the other side in a bid to be a pet for safety and sell out their own communities in hope they will be respectable and safe... It's a gambit that only proves you're scum before it gets you get killed.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Last job, the gay Hispanic receptionist was a Trump man. My Philippina wife was too. Past tense, once I showed her a few things. She had only seen Fox News in her 2-years in America.

This guy? Fuck is his excuse?!

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[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 81 points 1 year ago (51 children)

Shit, is there a Leopards Eating Faces community yet? If not, this would be a prime contender for the first post.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 74 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"Guys, I am so shocked and offended and hurt that I would be called racial and homophobic slurs while speaking at the racist, homophobic convention. I thought being a Republican would make me one of the good ones to them! why isnt it making me one of the good ones to them!"

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[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 72 points 1 year ago

Zero sympathy. You ride with fascists, this is what happens.

[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What kind of battle over cognitive dissonance must people like this face?..

Dude must have an Olympic gold metal for mental gymnastics...

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Money. It's the answer. Money.

[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago (2 children)

here in germany, we have a politician who is in the AfD (a right-wing party, where many members are literally Nazis).

and he is an immigrant, talking about how we should stop immigration. he only gets accepted in there because he is as bigoted as them.

i know it has little to do with this post, but i got reminded of this story by it.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trump claims immigrants are "poisoning the blood of this country." His wife, ex-wife, and mother are immigrants...

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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Many Republican leaders are children of immigrants.

Many also say our birthrate is too low and we need more young people to support our future economy, something immigration builds up.

None of it makes sense.

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[–] telephone 57 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Black and gay? I'm just confused. Didn't you get the memo that these are the two things Republicans hate the most?

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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago

Leopards and Faces come to mind here.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"i don't understand why these leopards that I voted for are eating my face."

-Black, gay Trump supporter Rob Smith

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

I mean, I'm not sure what he expected.

Surprised they didn't mock him for his military service too!

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/john-kelly-confirms-trump-privately-disparaged-us-service-members-vete-rcna118543

[–] FReddit@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What did this dumb shit expect?

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

He hoped that he would be one of the "good ones" in their eyes. He's in it for the economic policy more than anything.

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[–] Skkorm@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago
[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

This should surprise nobody.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 28 points 1 year ago

*pikachu face*

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only logical solution here is to double down on his beliefs.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How can anyone be that stupid? Of course, he is free to support Trump, but this is not the wisest move, not for anybody, but especially not for anyone who is not exactly white supremacist recruting material...

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[–] QubaXR@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Knowing when to quit a battle is a virtue, not a failure.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

Dear Rob Smith: Pick up the clue phone on line one. It's been ringing off the hook since you got here.

[–] bedrooms@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He is so dumb to support Trump. But so are all Trump supporters, anyway.

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[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 year ago

I'd say this is the wrong Community, because racist homophobes being racist and homophobic isn't really news, but I don't think there's a c/whatthefuckdidyouthinkwouldhappenyoudick Community.

[–] Gazumi@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

In other news, Turkeys are voting for Christmas

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So they said the quiet part out loud?

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