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.”

https://lemmy.world/post/9812121

  • IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee
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    It seems Rob Smith has found out his face is as tasty as any other to the leopards.

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    I don’t even feel bad anymore for these morons. If after all this time you still support the Reich wing, especially as a gay minority then I don’t know what they expected.

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    Never backing down is part of the ethos of the right so he certainly fits on that part. He probably thinks his gay part attributes are god testing him.

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    That’s so weird! “Conservatives” are so very educated, tolerant, and forward-thinking…