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Republican says he lied about racist posts on porn site to protect Trump (www.theguardian.com)

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The former Republican North Carolina lieutenant governor Mark Robinson has admitted he misled voters during his unsuccessful 2024 gubernatorial campaign when he denied posting racist and offensive comments on a pornography website – suggesting he did so to protect Donald Trump’s successful presidential run.

The spectacular undoing of Robinson’s political career came after CNN reported in September 2024 that he had been posting under a pseudonym on Nude Africa, an online porn forum.

Robinson, CNN reported, expressed support for slavery in forum posts. CNN also reported that Robinson, who is Black, labelled Martin Luther King a “commie bastard” and said that if he, Robinson, belonged to the Ku Klux Klan he would refer to King by a racist name.

Robinson also used homophobic and antisemitic slurs, according to CNN’s reporting, including exclaiming: “I’m a black NAZI!”

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[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

A huge portion of reactionary politics is driven by sexual frustration. This is way more common than you would think.

Look into the "BNWO" conspiracy if you want the weirdest racist rabbit hole to fall down. (Specifically places like anti_bnwo on that other site)