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.”

  • GONADS125
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    What kind of battle over cognitive dissonance must people like this face?..

    Dude must have an Olympic gold metal for mental gymnastics…

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

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    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.

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    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.

  • Gazumi
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    In other news, Turkeys are voting for Christmas

  • @[email protected]
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    Shit, is there a Leopards Eating Faces community yet? If not, this would be a prime contender for the first post.

      • @[email protected]
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        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.

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

      • @[email protected]
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        Holy fuck. The ghouls who worked for him are still using his Twitter account? Lmao.

        Color me shocked.

      • @[email protected]
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        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)

          • @[email protected]
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            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.

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                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.

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              Generally speaking, European arrogance like this is based on looking at US conservatives – which is why this is so confusing, because you and OP are ideologically the same as US conservatives.

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        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.

      • @[email protected]
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        If you throw an exclamation mark in front of it people can use it as a link with most of the apps.

  • @[email protected]
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    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.

    Without proof or corroborating witnesses, he’ll be called a Jussie.

  • Black Skinned Jew
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    “The longer you live the more you realize something it’s fucked up.”

    George Carlin RIP.