No kidding... finally a Republican who understands.

No kidding... finally a Republican who understands.

"Tim Scott slams Florida's Black history curriculum: "There is no silver lining" in slavery"

#TimScott #GOP #Republicans #Democrats #Politics #Slavery #Racism #Africa #BlackHistory #News

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-scott-florida-black-history-standard-no-silver-lining/

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transmatrix@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 3y (3 replies)

I really don’t understand how a gay black man can be in the current Republican Party without large levels of self-loathing.

Sharpiemarker@feddit.de · 4 pts · 3y

Large levels of grift money. Also self-loathing like you mentioned.

ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y

Probably the same way a huge portion of the black population is Christian.

aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Religion is a hell of a drug.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I'd love to hear which views he actually shares with the party.

lechatron@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y

$$$$$

Jaysyn@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

@ManyRoads He might understand, but he'll be an "also-ran".

astropenguin5@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

It might actually be a decent strategy for making Florida a bit better, running on principles people actually like but with the republican name. Depends what his other stances are though.