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A fear of facing a backlash similar to what Smith experienced, which he alleges included text messages telling him he has a mental illness, having his platform taken away and being iced out of social circles. Since he started expressing his conservative beliefs, Smith said he's received multiple text messages from people he once socialized with hoping he "gets well" from the illness causing him to support Republican policies.
Over Thanksgiving weekend, a person he identified as a "former friend" texted him expressing the hope that the holiday brought him a realization. The text continued and said that if not, the "former friend" hoped his "healing" continued. After an almost decade-long career speaking about LGBTQ rights, Smith said he was in the running to speak at both a recent corporate event and an event marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
While he thought he'd be given the spot at the podium, he said that both times the organizations chose someone holding Democratic views, instead, leading him to believe it was his political opinions that tainted his chances.
Given that his "coming out" as a conservative was a public affair, Smith had to navigate a social media fallout that included being on the receiving end of racial slurs. One Twitter user, who appeared to be white, called him an "Uncle Tom," and Smith noticed that five people, who appeared to be black, retweeted it. Smith likened retweeting the derogatory term to cosigning on a person who is white telling a person who is blacked how they're supposed to think.
Smith has also seen people who are black hurling racial slurs at other people who are black over divergent opinions, which he sees having consequences that transcend one political disagreement. In his opinion, when African American people use derogatory terms such as "Uncle Tom," "house negro," and "coon," towards other African American people, it's a slippery slope to white people believing its acceptable to use those terms. Smith took particular umbrage with the treatment that rapper Kanye West faced after he began to wear a "Make America Great Again" hat and met with President Donald Trump.
West was heavily criticized for his political stances with some calling into question his mental health.
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