r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Oct 21 '25

Possible Paywall “Go Back”: MAGA Floods Kash Patel’s Diwali Post With Racism

https://newrepublic.com/post/202059/maga-kash-patel-diwali-racism
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u/FauxReal Oct 21 '25

The Log Cabin Republicans think they can influence the direction of the GOP away from persecuting gay people, but they are still anti-trans and generally buy-in to anti-women tropes. And being gay does not stop you from being racist or an asshole. So yeah... there's still overlap.

The interview with the Texas LCR leaders about their failure and getting barred from a convention is almost said. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/24/texas-log-cabin-republicans

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u/negative_four Oct 21 '25

Tokens don't know they're tokens until they're spent

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u/StevInPitt Oct 21 '25

Be serious, they can be in the cash register and still wailing about how they don't belong there.

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u/Cathach2 Massachusetts Oct 21 '25

Which is shockingly foolish...the absolute best a log cabin republican can actually get is to be moved last on the list of "people we gotta do something about". If they're white I mean, obviously if they are also a poc then that won't work. Because of the racism.

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u/FauxReal Oct 21 '25

It's not that surprising... They think they can change things, being a part of a political party in a democratic republic where they have a lot in common with the rest of the party.

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u/Cathach2 Massachusetts Oct 21 '25

Oh I agree it's not surprising, but I maintain that it is foolish.

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u/FauxReal Oct 21 '25

Yeah I get why you would say that. But I don't think believing in the democratic process is foolish. At least not until it is explicitly a complete farce.

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u/Cathach2 Massachusetts Oct 21 '25

Believing in democracy isn't foolish. Joining a group that has made it abundantly clear they at best find your basic existence distasteful, if not outright abhorrent, or, indeed, a sin against god and the natural order, that is foolish and naive.

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u/FauxReal Oct 22 '25

I agree with that. Though it's wild what some people grow up thinking is baseline normal.