The bitter fight between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Byron Donalds over a line about slavery in the state’s revised African American history standards is infuriating several prominent Black conservatives.

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[–] 206 points 3 years ago (34 children)

I don’t understand black republicans at all. It’s just as crazy as gay or trans republicans- I wanna be like “dude, your party fucking hates you”. How do they not see it?

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  • [–] 54 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's just as crazy as poor republicans, but here we are.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago

    The republican party is the party of single issue voters. I'd bet a large majority of their base wouldn't vote for them if they didn't support their one wedge issue that they won't budge on for anything. It lets people excuse a lot of bullshit if they can just propel their personal cause forward.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Self hatred is a hell of a drug.

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  • [–] 35 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I don't think they hate themselves. They just hate other things that republicans also hate. They hate poor people, gay people and trans people enough that they are willing to take some hits to themselves as long as it hits the other groups harder.

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    [–] 90 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)

    Several told POLITICO they fear the issue will play into Democrats’ characterization of Republicans as favoring a whitewashing of American history.

    lmao. calling it a 'characterization' like it's not true

    Many Black Republicans find themselves in a quandary: on the one hand having to push back on perceptions that slavery has positive attributes, but also fighting the perception that if they voice criticism, it leads to questions of whether they are sufficiently conservative.

    Harrison Fields, Donalds’ spokesperson, captured this in a tweet. “If you condemn CRT & refuse to support BLM, black Republicans are called a coon, sellouts, & Uncle Clarence. If you vocalize minor distaste with a sentence in a curriculum that lauds skills developed by slaves during slavery, black Republicans are called Democrats and frauds,” he said.

    i don't understand how they can understand this but not the fact that their political affiliation is a cult.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    Several told POLITICO they fear the issue will play into Democrats’ characterization of Republicans as favoring a whitewashing of American history.

    lmao. calling it a 'characterization' like it's not true

    Seriously. CRT bullshit was the clarion call of the Republican party for the last few years. Are they claiming that was just satire or something? And Confederate apologetics has been a key Republican talking point for decades now. I wonder how they feel about all the gnashing of teeth over statues of racist shitheads getting taken down.

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    [–] 80 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I love how black conservatives are like, "I can't believe we're talking about whether slavery was good in 2023."

    Like mf, that's all you fucking conservatives do, "How can we say that this shit behavior, was good?"

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    [–] 65 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    “Why are these leopards eating our faces!?”

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    [–] 62 points 3 years ago

    In other words, they never thought leopards would come for their faces like they did their ancestors.

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  • [–] 54 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    This is just comedy gold. Like, Republicans have been spending time slashing down voters rights for BLACK PEOPLE and here we are knowing that there are black Republicans. Like, what the fuck is wrong with you?

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    [–] 45 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Call them woke, Ron. Please call them woke. I want to see this drag out. I'm making popcorn.

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    "Several told POLITICO they fear the issue will play into Democrats’ characterization of Republicans as favoring a whitewashing of American history. Most saw it as an unforced error at the time when Black Republicans feel they’ve been making significant strides within the party."

    So VERY close to being self-aware, and yet so far.

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  • [–] 30 points 3 years ago (11 children)

    Gotta be a special kind of dumb to be a black conservative.

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    [–] 22 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    The black conservatives party needs to rebrand to the black face eating leopards party.

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    [–] 22 points 3 years ago (12 children)

    TIL - There are black Republicans.

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    [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This little political misstep is easy to understand, when you account for the fact that Ron DeSantis is a fucking idiot.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    Funny, cause the guy who is responsible for that exact line is a black conservative.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Here's my version I just made

    First they came for the trans kids, and I did not speak out—
         Because I was not a trans kid.
    
    Then they came for all LGBTQ and women, and I did not speak out—
         Because I was neither.
    
    Then they came for the POC, and I did not speak out—
         Because I was not a person of color.
    
    Then they came for me, a non-believer —and there was no one left to speak for me.
    
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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    See, my theory is that the black guys will still be getting the short end of the stick in the US long after the trans and gay stuff is forgotten and normalised.

    And the reason I think this is simple. No middle class white republican voters ever got sat down by their teenage kids, only to hear "Mom, dad. I think I might be black..."

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    !leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    But I tell you, if you're having a problem figuring out whether you're for me or for Trump, you ain't black.

    • Joe R. "Dark Brandon" Biden Jr.
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