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.”
Thank you for having something intelligent to contribute to the discussion, this place is just turning into reddit with less and less comments like yours.
I appreciate your position on identifying how someone who would otherwise be assumed to be more empathetic could find their way into these ideologies.
I’d add that it’s because he as an individual has probably faced very little actual oppression. I make the assumption his parents had money and he lived in a relatively affluent area. He got to his mindset because he hasn’t actually experienced what is a reality for so many others.
Thank you for having something intelligent to contribute to the discussion, this place is just turning into reddit with less and less comments like yours.
I appreciate your position on identifying how someone who would otherwise be assumed to be more empathetic could find their way into these ideologies.
I’d add that it’s because he as an individual has probably faced very little actual oppression. I make the assumption his parents had money and he lived in a relatively affluent area. He got to his mindset because he hasn’t actually experienced what is a reality for so many others.
Again, just assumptions