this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2023
12 points (92.9% liked)

Politics

1025 readers
1 users here now

@politics on kbin.social is a magazine to share and discuss current events news, opinion/analysis, videos, or other informative content related to politicians, politics, or policy-making at all levels of governance (federal, state, local), both domestic and international. Members of all political perspectives are welcome here, though we run a tight ship. Community guidelines and submission rules were co-created between the Mod Team and early members of @politics. Please read all community guidelines and submission rules carefully before engaging our magazine.

founded 2 years ago
 

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/

top 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] transmatrix 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] aseriesoftubes 3 points 1 year ago

Religion is a hell of a drug.

[–] SpaceNoodle 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] lechatron 7 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] astropenguin5 1 points 1 year ago

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.