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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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[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

crazy

That's the key word, right there. In South Carolina, both Nikki Haley and Tim Scott of the GOP want to be president. One is a second generation American woman of SE Asian descent, and the other is an African American man.

To me there's nothing wrong with any of that, but then again I'm not a Republican. And that is the core of the issue. They literally think they are personally somehow exempt from the basic tenets of their party.

Neither will win, both are completely fucking deluded about what drives their constituents and overlords, even as they both imagine that they actually have a lasting and meaningful seat at that table, and both are likely to be in actual physical danger whenever fascism reaches full bloom and the real knives come out.

The Log Cabin Republicans, as crazy and self-deluded as they are, ain't got nuthin' on these two.

If I could read either or both of them an informative bedtime story, one that would help them understand what is coming, their place in it, how that makes their beliefs an untenable dilemma, and how to frame their political decisions going forward, it would be a tale about the life and death of Ernst Röhm, an openly gay Nazi who also operated under a very similar delusion . . . until he was forcibly disabused of it, which was coincidentally the last night of his life. And Röhm was just gay, something right-wingers think is a choice that can be changed, not a skin color or gender that can't be. The GOP will use anyone, until they don't.

But then again, I probably wouldn't waste my breath, because crazy.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Neither will win, both are completely fucking deluded about what drives their constituents and overlords, even as they both imagine that they actually have a lasting and meaningful seat at that table, and both are likely to be in actual physical danger whenever fascism reaches full bloom and the real knives come out.

I don't they understand just how difficult it would be for them to win. Enough people will sit out the election who would vote otherwise because the candidate is nonwhite or a woman.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is absolutely true, but the problem is that both of them won lesser state elections and think that means far more than it does.

Nikki Haley was governor of South Carolina prior to joining Trump's administration, and Tim Scott is a South Carolina state senator, so they both believe that means the GOP is inclusive and will let one of them have the top job.

Heh, NO. You are so right.

What they don't understand is that every "real boss" (the president, and of course a white male) needs secretaries and janitors and people who can raise cash for the party. That is what state politicians are to the Republican party, so the GOP doesn't mind letting women and people of color win locally, because it keeps the constituents happy and the façade of inclusivity intact.

But the top job, or anywhere near it? Absolutely not. Look how they lost their collective minds when Barack Obama, a demonstrably capable (and IMO excellent) leader was elected. The shrieking and hood gathering in response hasn't stopped yet.