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.”

  • SeaJ@lemm.ee
    3·
    1 year ago

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

  • BreakDecks@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    “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…

  • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
    1·
    1 year 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?!?!

  • telephone@infosec.pub
    1·
    1 year ago

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

  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    1 year ago

    However, I served in Iraq. I never back down. Ever.

    He is like that dude from Saw who cut off his leg to get free, but the chain hasn’t been actaully connected to anything but him. And as a war-forged vet, he promise he’d cut another one just to keep grifting. If something, that scandal only upped his media visibility, and there would be lots of people curious wtf he even is, and to bait him with slurs as he does react on them. Hold it, his stonks bag says, hold it, as you can always run safe at a short notice. Next it would be flying bottles and he’d still think he can earn a little more before quiting. It’s not safe to be a career hypocrite.

  • magnetosphere@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year 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.