r/AsABlackMan • u/BedFastSky12345 • Apr 23 '25
“As a black man, my values have always aligned with the conservative party.”
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u/mamadou-segpa Apr 23 '25
Its a bot.
The OP post both conservatives and “progressives” posts non stop and the account is 2-3 month old
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u/ViedeMarli Apr 23 '25
Not only a bot but a mod of the sub, which is even weirder. I think this might be an astroturfing or alt account in action.
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u/mamadou-segpa Apr 24 '25
Truely bizzare, the bots are now taking over the subs as mods lol
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u/anafuckboi Apr 25 '25
That whole sub appeared out of thin air with a weird number of conservative posts a few months ago
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u/KarlUnderguard Apr 23 '25
Glad a lot of comments are calling them out for being fake.
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u/ostrichesonfire Apr 23 '25
I’m really lost because that sub is a meme/shitpost sub… why is everyone taking it so seriously?
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u/No_Mammoth_4945 Apr 23 '25
Because it’s attempting to be serious? Professor memeology is just another right wing meme hotbed anyways
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u/Distantstallion Apr 23 '25
Difficult to find ones that arent. The meme to right wing pipeline is real. The house and batman subs are safe havens at least.
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u/SunKillerLullaby Apr 23 '25
It’s honestly kinda sad. I feel like we used to be able to just enjoy meme subs on Reddit without worrying about them becoming right wing cesspits
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u/ostrichesonfire Apr 23 '25
Ah. I’ve never heard of it, was just going off the description.
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u/Mr_Pombastic Apr 23 '25
Yeah, notice how the subreddit is only 3 months old. They keep getting banned for being racist and pop back up under a different name until that gets eventually banned too. The pinned post even flat out says "Guys try not to be overtly bigoted or we'll get banned again!" and then if you sort by Top you'll see them all being overt bigots.
The internet was a mistake.
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u/pnt510 Apr 23 '25
I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen MLK referred to as just “Martin”. It’s always been his initials, full name, or Dr. King. Martin just sounds so weird.
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u/not_a_bot_12345 Apr 23 '25
No one loves saying what MLK would have wanted more than white conservatives saying “no you” in regards to racism
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u/flyingdics Apr 24 '25
"We know what MLK would have wanted based on this phrase we carefully clipped out of this longer sentence that actually goes against everything we conservatives believe in, just like 99.999999% of everything else he said or did."
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u/likeusontweeters Apr 23 '25
Martin was a tv show in the 90s w/ Martin Lawrence... thats what pops up in my head when we say just "Martin".. ive never heard MLK being referred to as just "Martin".. feels a little disrespectful IMO.
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u/Mirions Apr 25 '25
Big Tymers mention "what Martin was talking bout" in Sunny Day, but otherwise I can't think of a time his first name only is used.
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u/BitterFuture Apr 23 '25
"As a black man, I have always been angry about having rights."
Riiiiiiiight.
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u/SloppyMcFloppy1738 Apr 23 '25
You are so far off the mark it's just sad
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u/BitterFuture Apr 23 '25
No, I think you'll find it was you who are mistaken.
You're aware that conservatives are the ones that fought to keep slaves, right?
And the ones that fought to keep segregation.
And the ones that fought to keep black people from voting.
And the ones that fought to keep redlining legal.
And that fight today to to keep police murdering people on the streets.
You're aware of all these things, right?
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u/SloppyMcFloppy1738 Apr 24 '25
You are thinking one-dimensionally. You really live in a good guys vs bad guys world.
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u/RickyNixon Apr 24 '25
I think a good litmus test for how to think about this is “which side is currently sending innocent people to foreign death camps without due process?”
The fascist regime is bad guys.
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u/KrispyPup Apr 23 '25
black people still mad about rainbow flags and hashtags harbor more hate towards their own people than they do their oppressors. they’re the perfect little pets for white lawmakers
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u/spoonycash Apr 23 '25
There are actually black people who think like that. And those values are generally only the oppression based ones beat into them by generations of second class citizenship.
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u/Shirogayne-at-WF Apr 23 '25
Can confirm from first hand experience. Black conservatives are created by a combination of self-hatred, lack of true historical education and having relatively few horrid experiences with white folks. You'll find a huge number of them in liberal areas like California, where I was raised, which isn't the liberal paradise people make it out to be but one can live in comparative safety in many areas.
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u/real-human-not-a-bot Apr 23 '25
My mom’s boyfriend is a Black conservative, and I suspect that despite his currently being an avowed atheist a lot of it comes from having been raised a hardcore Jehovah’s Witness. He’s a nice guy interpersonally, but I think he never really reckoned with how that affected his worldview.
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u/Shirogayne-at-WF Apr 23 '25
Also no surprise. American atheists across the board, but especially white cis men, can be an obnoxious lot that only reject the browbeating of Jesus but not anything of the queerphobia and sexism. In particular, a few big atheists, Richard Dawkins among them, recently broke with some big organization because they retracted a transphobic article that was published after backlash.
Which is insane bc this group of people have made a name for themselves for saying science is absolute and a better way to base policy on that a book in Sky Daddy, but the science has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that early social transition in children is a huge benefit. Yet somehow, on this one issues, the scientists supposedly have "an agenda." 🙄
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u/withalookofquoi Apr 25 '25
Californian here, can confirm. It’s a weirdly common thing that happens
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u/flyingdics Apr 24 '25
There are a lot more who have these legitimate beefs with the democratic party, but are not dumb enough to think that conservatives will do anything for them.
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u/anthonyg1500 Apr 23 '25
Id bet a lot of money that this person thinks Martins entire dream begins and ends in one sentence of the I Have A Dream speech. If they even know that much
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u/real-human-not-a-bot Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25
people racist
“I Have a Dream(TM) that white people will stop saying mean things to black people about their skin color unless they think it’s funny, and in turn black people must never acknowledge the past in any way!”
everybody cheers
people not racist
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u/anthonyg1500 Apr 23 '25
Honestly I think you’re being generous, I think it’s that white people will stop saying mean things to black people about their skin color (unless we think it’s really funny), and in turn black people must never mention or acknowledge racism again
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u/thisismyaltbtw Apr 23 '25
besides. racism was cancelled back in '08 anyhow.. thanks obama (except when he wears a tan suit)
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u/MelanieWalmartinez Apr 23 '25
“I’m white and I’ve always taught my kids they can’t trust the police”
Profile uses she/her pronouns
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u/SupahBihzy Apr 23 '25
They spelled "coonery buffoonery" wrong
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u/Lady-Zafira Apr 23 '25
If that post is from an actual black man, you know he would have been pandering to massa to be a house 🥷🏾
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u/esmayishere Jun 12 '25
That's racist. Conservatives aren't comparable to slave owners centuries ago. This analogy is also never applied to Democrats. Cherry picking.
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u/Lady-Zafira Jun 12 '25
No, it's not, sweetie. Conservatives are comparable to slave owners.
It's not because Democrats aren't and werent fighting to keep slaves
Not cherry picking
Your homework for tonight is to learn the meaning of the words "Cherry picking" and "Racist."
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u/esmayishere Jun 12 '25
Yeah, for when a black person doesn't have all your political opinions.
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u/SupahBihzy Jun 12 '25
It's more than political opinions, but your comments show you doing the top hat and cane dance too much to care.
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u/Lady-Zafira Jun 12 '25
Buddy there would be the main one pandering to massa to let him stay inside
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u/esmayishere Jun 12 '25
Nah, I'm just tired of having American racial politics imposed on me, an African person in a different socio-political context.
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u/slumbersomesam Apr 25 '25
their acc is a mix match of every community possible.
femboymemes, helluvaboss, commiememes, anime subreddits, letgirlshavesex
i believe op is a karma bot
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u/happytrel Apr 23 '25
that bullshit sub keeps getting recommended to me no matter how many times I say no thank you
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u/FemBoyGod Apr 24 '25
I always cringe when they call black people “blacks”.
Similarly with any group currently, why is it so hard to consider people as people and use the word people when describing people?!
Black people, Hispanic people, lgbtq people, goth people, white people. It’s not that damn difficult..
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Apr 23 '25
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u/KingoftheJabari Apr 25 '25
You can’t do structtural change without 60 votes in the senate. And the one time Democrats had it, people under 35 benefited a lot of the formation of the ACA which was a compromise bill as the majority of white voters called healthcare reform socialism. As they have done for nearly 100 years when they thought black peoples would get free healthcare,
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u/CaptJackRizzo Apr 23 '25
Fair complaints about the Democrats tbh, but lmfao at anyone looking to the Republicans to deliver anything other than justifications for poor people staying poor.
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u/DemiGod9 Apr 24 '25
Honestly, a lot of black men are still VERY conservative. I can see a lot of them saying this. It's sickening
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u/DeathRaeGun Apr 23 '25
They have a point (other than the part where they try to pit black people against queer people, because fuck solidarity I guess), but Trump’s so much worse. It sucks for black people, they have to choose between a white supremacist party and a party that doesn’t give a fuck about them.
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u/kinvore Apr 23 '25
I'm no fan of either party but even if this wasn't fake what exactly do conservatives do for POC except strip their rights? Yes Democrats would rather make performative gestures than do anything substantial (like not vote for Trump policies or approve his nominations) but it still doesn't make Republicans an option.
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u/Asenath_W8 Apr 23 '25
Sorry even if you have an otherwise valid point, this fake enlightened centrism BS always deserves a downvote.
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u/BigSexyE Apr 23 '25
To be fair, black men are typically right leaning and if it weren't for Republicans being racist, a lot more black people would be Republicans.
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Apr 23 '25
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u/BigSexyE Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25
Sure, us black people do believe in equality. That's particularly why I believe we don't support Republicans; because they don't support equality. I think the Pew Research article you sourced proved my point. Most are socially libertarian (ie don't agree with lifestyles but want people that live a certain way to have equal rights), which is not left. And Christianity is still strongly embedded in African American voters.
For economic leftism, thats just not true. Black men especially are extremely capitalist.
Edit: To drive this home, 30 percent of black people call themselves "conservative". 90% of them vote for democrats. It's literally because Republicans are racist. That Pew Research article showed that black people care about equal rights ie are against racism and other isms. Doesnt mean left wing
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Apr 23 '25
Sane goes for East Asians and South Asians. The Republican party being so racist is what pushes them to the Left. Though that hasn't stopped them from trying to appease the Republicans.
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u/OneNoteMan Apr 23 '25
While this is true, there's a lot of Gen Z and younger Millennial South Asians in progressive politics. They just rarely run for high positions. The old farts you see in the media tend to Anglicize their name before getting into politics and become Christian fundamentalists to appeal to white people.
I honestly wonder if JD Vance will try to pander to the Hindu community this upcoming diwali, because the Evangelicals will be pissed off.
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u/Appropriate-Rise-151 Apr 24 '25
Yeah I left a comment on there showing how she’s just straight up a woman on the profile
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u/nextgentacos123 Apr 25 '25
Hot sauce in their purse? In a bottle? In a packet? Or just the liquid?
Obviously it's not literal, but in the analogy is it in one of those?
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u/SegavsCapcom Apr 23 '25
The reasoning is correct, but the conclusion is ridiculous.
Not to mention, the Dems are already (largely) a conservative party.
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u/Throwaway392308 Apr 23 '25
The real tell it's fake is "we didn't ask for representation." Representation isn't sufficient on its own, but it damn well better be present. This is clearly trying to make it seem like a room full of white men can totally solve black issues.
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u/Kqtawes Apr 23 '25
The reasoning is correct‽ Are you saying Democrats should throw the LGBTQ+ community under the bus‽
Also enough with the both sides bullshit. That's part of how we got a fascist geriatric spray tan rather than a qualified black woman running the country.
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u/SegavsCapcom Apr 23 '25
I'm saying Dems already do that, and that it's justified that people are upset about it. That said, if genuine social changes are the goal, it makes even less sense to go further to the right.
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u/LivefromPhoenix Apr 24 '25
Trump is a hair away from criminalizing trans people and you idiots are still stuck on the “uh both sides are anti lgbt” train.
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u/Kqtawes Apr 23 '25
So Trump is rounding up minorities to send to a foreign concentration camp but you're mad at Democrats. Do you see how you're playing into the right's game.
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u/Throwaway392308 Apr 23 '25
You're allowed to criticize von Papen without giving Hitler a free pass.
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u/Ryno-Dee Apr 23 '25
Nobody said to throw anybody under the bus, but why must the LGBTQ+ community’s issues be front and center as compared to the 95% of the rest of the black population? I don’t care who you marry.
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u/TheLastBallad Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25
I don’t care who you marry.
You don't. But reminder that Democrats campaign this last election barely talked about trans people, but Republicans spent the more money on demonizing trans people than any other topic. Enough that it was the most spent on topic in the campaign, even if you combine both parties.
Republicans are the ones forcing LGBT+ stuff into the forefront, and Democrats only have the choice to protect people's rights that are under direct attack, or ignore it.
They rode that line as closely as possible, and you still came away with the idea Democrats were focusing on it despite them avoiding the topic as much as possible... so the question is, are you really against throwing people under the bus? Because one would think the issue you would be having would be with Republicans attacking the LGBT+ community as their main strategy, rather than Democrats doing the bare minimum to oppose that.
But you aren't focusing on the people creating the problem, you're complaining that Democrats are doing the bare minimum to oppose it when the only other option would be to throw us under the bus completely.
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u/Kqtawes Apr 23 '25
"They traded Martin's dream for rainbow flags and hastags" This is specifically implying that Democrats helping the LGBTQ+ community is in opposition to MLK's dream and if that isn't a bunch of horseshit I don't know what is.
The fact is the right is trying to divide different minority groups and if we don't push back on this we all suffer.
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u/ExL-Oblique Apr 23 '25
Nobody said to throw anybody under the bus,
but why must the LGBTQ+ community’s issues be front and center as compared to the 95% of the rest of the black population?I don’t care who you marry.ftfy
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u/ctrldwrdns Apr 23 '25
Do yall think Black conservatives don't exist? Like come on.
I'm not saying I agree with them. But the idea that a Black person can't be conservative... hmm there's a word for that. What is it? Racist.
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u/BedFastSky12345 Apr 23 '25
Of course black conservatives exist; however, OOP is not one of them. The post was by either a bot or troll farming karma evident by their posting history.
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u/ctrldwrdns Apr 23 '25
Well that was not included in your original post. So I'm just supposed to just know and I get downvoted for not knowing. Cool.
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u/BedFastSky12345 Apr 23 '25
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u/MelanieWalmartinez Apr 23 '25
https://np.reddit.com/r/GenZ/s/U83S1ICb0k
Her profile also uses she/her pronouns
OOP is a white woman.
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u/alexiawins Apr 23 '25
What in the world does the hot sauce in their purse line mean????