Has anyone else been following this weirdness?

[redheadbaker]

Dean Browning, a former commissioner in Lehigh County in PA, tweeted that “what Trump built in 4 years, Biden will destroy in 4 months”

A Twitter user responded that Trump took credit for Obama’s accomplishments.

Browning replied, “I am a gay black man and Obama did nothing for me...Everything is much better under Trump.”

Except Browning is a white guy. And that’s only the tip of the weirdness iceberg.

thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/525522-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-dean-browning-and-dan

[agnes]

Well...that’s something.

[ajj]

Yes! And, he’s just back to tweeting like nothing happened.

[Poeticxpassion]

Yes! I love the comments about forgetting to change accounts.

[underwaterrhymes]

Yeah, the responses had me cackling the other day.

[Michelle]

Yes I saw that.

It was infuriating.

He isn’t being held to task on it either.

Wtf representing someone else’s voice - just shows that he himself doesn’t believe enough (any?) gay or black men actually support the party because he has to make up a narrative.

But that he just koko after that pissed me right off yesterday.

[omgzombies]

Yes, I think his current claim is that he was trying to copy and paste a tweet and just didn't do it right. The whole thing is so ridiculous, I'm surprised it's not a bigger story, especially since there is more and more awareness about the problematic usage of digital blackface.

[ohgillian]

Yes, and it's both hilarious and enraging.

[mbcdefg]

Not on the same plane at all, but I remember someone on the knot message boards doing this to tell the “bride” that she was 100% justified in treating her bridesmaids like total shit, lolol.

[bears]

Nov 12, 2020 11:13:34 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

Yes, and it's both hilarious and enraging.

Isn't the rando actually Patti Labelle's son?

[pixy0stix]

Nov 12, 2020 11:46:23 GMT -5 bears said:

Nov 12, 2020 11:13:34 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

Yes, and it's both hilarious and enraging.

Isn't the rando actually Patti Labelle's son?

Not son, nephew. Unconfirmed according to NYTimes - www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/style/dean-browning-patti-labelle.html

ETA: Apparently adopted son/nephew. I'm so confused.

[okla]

Nov 12, 2020 11:46:23 GMT -5 bears said:

Nov 12, 2020 11:13:34 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

Yes, and it's both hilarious and enraging.

Isn't the rando actually Patti Labelle's son?

Yes, that is the most ridiculous part! AND AND he owns a landscaping company in Philly (not Four Seasons.)

[MixedBerryJam]

Nov 12, 2020 11:55:22 GMT -5 okla said:

Nov 12, 2020 11:46:23 GMT -5 bears said:

Isn't the rando actually Patti Labelle's son?

Yes, that is the most ridiculous part! AND AND he owns a landscaping company in Philly (not Four Seasons.)

I replied to it in earnest when I originally saw it, although in retrospect I probably only saw it because he had been called out. But the bolded part ...? Too. Much. WTF.

[ohgillian]

I wish he owned Four Seasons.

[bronxgirl]

Is Pennsylvania gunning to be the new Florida?

[susquehanna]

Nov 12, 2020 15:20:17 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

Is Pennsylvania gunning to be the new Florida?

How do you mean? Do you mean in terms having many parts of the state where people are strongly right wing?

I grew up in rural Western Pennsylvania, and it's been like this my entire life. Maybe this is just getting more visibility now in this era of social media. 

(Edited to clarify: Lehigh County is in Eastern PA. My sister lives there. However, I know from personal experience that large parts of Pennsylvania are NOT at all progressive in terms of politics.)

[meganew]

Nov 12, 2020 15:20:17 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

Is Pennsylvania gunning to be the new Florida?

How dare you

[notreal]

I mean, not for nothing are parts of PA called Pennsyltucky.

[sent]

Nov 12, 2020 18:52:33 GMT -5 notreal said:

I mean, not for nothing are parts of PA called Pennsyltucky.

I always wondered why people would say this. I mean it's not close to Kentucky at all. 

[bronxgirl]

Nov 12, 2020 18:07:12 GMT -5 susquehanna said:

Nov 12, 2020 15:20:17 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

Is Pennsylvania gunning to be the new Florida?

How do you mean? Do you mean in terms having many parts of the state where people are strongly right wing?

I grew up in rural Western Pennsylvania, and it's been like this my entire life. Maybe this is just getting more visibility now in this era of social media. 

(Edited to clarify: Lehigh County is in Eastern PA. My sister lives there. However, I know from personal experience that large parts of Pennsylvania are NOT at all progressive in terms of politics.)

No. I mean like "Florida man" style stupid stuff.

[notreal]

Nov 12, 2020 22:23:13 GMT -5 sent said:

Nov 12, 2020 18:52:33 GMT -5 notreal said:

I mean, not for nothing are parts of PA called Pennsyltucky.

I always wondered why people would say this. I mean it's not close to Kentucky at all. 

. This is actually referencing that everything that is not Pittsburgh or Philadelphia in the state is pretty much like all other parts of rural appalachia. Full of people who are Poor,racist,insular, and sometimes a bit odd, but when people think of PA they think of the cities first and forget about the other bits. It's not uncommon to see confederate flags for instance.