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.”

    • NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world
      181·
      11 months ago

      Hermain Caine has sealed GOAT leopard-face-eating status for all time, or at least as long as he continues posthumously tweeting.

      • Shyfer
        5·
        11 months ago

        If you throw an exclamation mark in front of it people can use it as a link with most of the apps.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
        2·
        11 months ago

        Me as well. Every day dealing with my mask at work hoping that I wouldn’t be the small fraction of the population that still gets messed even vaxxed, then sitting down and scrolling through the long timeline of a goatee hat and sun glasses or religious-karen going from tough to vent.

      • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
        532·
        11 months ago

        Hot take: If leopards are only eating faces on one side of the political spectrum, maybe you need to consider that only one side is consistently voting for leopards eating faces.

      • Isthisreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        391·
        11 months ago

        I call bullshit - Let’s see a few examples of liberals/democrats getting their faces eaten by policies they support.

        “Oh noes, this free college is hurting me” “Oh noes, all this free healthcare, my wallet is too fat”

        Just to be obvious here, show me what laws liberals have actually been able to pass just how they championed for, and show me the face eating. I’m waiting.

        Inb4 something about an immigrantl/minority/female committing a crime (cause liberals are so pro crime)

          • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
            261·
            11 months ago

            So the fuck what. It’s almost as though humans shouldn’t be predisposed to shit lives by arbitrary borders in places that western nations like America fueled their instability in the first place.

              • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
                131·
                11 months ago

                Perhaps not, but it would be nice if the wealthy shared their privilege with the less-fortunate, right? Last I checked Norway IS a Christian nation, after all… Would be awfully Jesus-like if they broke bread with their less-fortunate neighbors, now, wouldn’t it? Of course I’m not saying the burden rests solely on Norway; rather it is a shared burden of the collective.

                  • SCB@lemmy.world
                    61·
                    11 months ago

                    Free movement of people is the most basic of human rights, and the easiest to guarantee. Literally helps your economy instead of costing you anything.