When he complained, rightwingers sent him homophobic taunts online...

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.”

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    821·
    11 months ago

    “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!”

      • DragonTypeWyvern
        431·
        11 months ago

        There’s a party for economically conservative non-bigots, and it’s called the Democratic Party.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        173·
        11 months ago

        Not possible.

        To be a Republican you have to fundamentally hate America, and be extreme in thought.

        its always been the case.

        They used to just make effort to hide it from Cameras and public.

        The only difference now is they dropped all pretense about it after Obama’s election and they lost their mind over losing to a black man.

        You can no more turn the Republican party into a good, for the people party, than you can turn the KKK or Proud Boys into a civics organization that helps low income communities of color.