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I’ve noticed the libertarian right’s habit of “adopting” a particular fringe gay person, black person or minority group individual. David Bull & Inaya Folarin Iman being championed by Nigel Farage & the Brexit Party are two examples.
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I’ve noticed the libertarian right’s habit of “adopting” a particular fringe gay person, black person or minority group individual. David Bull & Inaya Folarin Iman being championed by Nigel Farage & the Brexit Party are two examples.
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...Then they hold X or Y “adoptee” up as being representative of a specific minority “feature” so they can say “See! Brexiters/the right/libertarians aren’t generally racist/homophobic/etc! Here’s a black/gay/etc person on our side!”
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...This is a bit like the old “I’m not racist, my postman is Chinese!” chestnut. The likes of Farage & Johnson in particular seem to have a nose for sniffing out these folks, who clearly have self-esteem issues & are willing to sell out their own rights
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...and heritage in return for media exposure and a few minutes of fame. They seem to not notice or not care that they’re been used as nothing more than props for the political expedience of people who would, given the chance,
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...be mocking or deriding them behind their backs. Or at best they become discardable minority group tokens to be cast aside when no longer useful (see David Bull & Farage again). Most of us aren’t that interested in fame at any price, so perhaps that’s why
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...the sight of a gay man cozying up to a notorious homophobe or a black woman gleefully cheerleading for a documented racist seems so paradoxical.
