# Is Mark Robinson in denial like Kanye? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 10, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306 "2023-06-10T23:39:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/1 "2023-06-10T23:39:47Z")
not sure if this belongs in Politics, so feel free to move. Mark Robinson is a Black Republican LtGovernor in North Carolina. Recently he has stated that the Civil Rights Movement cost the Black community freedom, and more absurdly said that Blacks owe Whites “reverse reparations”. Of course he also claimed “Black Panther,” was “[created by an agnostic Jew and put to film by satanic Marxists]. comments? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/2 "2023-06-10T23:45:09Z")
Here are a couple of articles with more detail. > **[Republican front-runner for North Carolina governor attacked Civil Rights...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-attacked-civil-rights-movement/index.html)** > > North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the state’s first Black lieutenant governor and the GOP front-runner for the 2024 gubernatorial race, repeatedly lambasted the “so-called” 1960s Civil Rights Movement, lamenting that “so many freedoms were lost... > **[Myron B. Pitts: LGBTQ, ‘filth,’ Black people owe for slavery among NC Lt....](https://www.fayobserver.com/story/opinion/2023/04/25/pitts-mark-robinson-campaign-of-hate-preceded-nc-governor-campaign/70148381007/)** > > Myron B. Pitts: Mark Robinson's repulsive comments on LGBTQ, Jewish people and his own race are part of his record as he launches his bid for governor. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/3 "2023-06-10T23:51:54Z")
I don’t mean this as snark but as a serious question: Is he mentally ill? If he sincerely believes all this crap he’s spouting, just how untethered from reality, or how deeply burrowed into the right-wing bubble, is he? ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/4 "2023-06-10T23:58:08Z")
he also attacked Parkland victims ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/5 "2023-06-11T00:06:47Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I don’t mean this as snark but as a serious question: Is he mentally ill? More importantly; are North Carolina voters mentally ill? They actually elected this man to state-wide office! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/6 "2023-06-11T00:47:21Z")
Correct me if I’m wrong, please, but my impression is that in most states (Texas is the exception), the election of Lt Gov is sort of an after-thought? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/7 "2023-06-11T01:24:00Z")
The first cite says he’s the front-runner to be the GOP candidate for governor. Trump’s America. No matter your skin color, you can get to sit in the front of the bus if you are crazier than the crazies and hate louder than the haters. Voting for someone like them is proof that Republicans are not racist; they are acting rationally to agree what how he sees reality. Or he may be mentally ill. That’s the scary part. Nor is it new. Governors and Senators and other elected officials have for the last century, especially in the South, talked and acted so crazy that it was indistinguishable from people who were institutionalized. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/8 "2023-06-11T01:24:38Z")
So you’re saying he’s MTG’s soulmate. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/9 "2023-06-11T02:24:59Z")
The thing is Republicans are racist as hell but they loooove Black conservatives precisely because it makes them feel like they aren’t really racist, after all they have a black friend. So given the choice between being just another black liberal politician or every conservatives black friend, some of the more ambitions might decide to sell out any principals of social justice they might have and join the dark side. That is the career path of Clarence Thomas used to get on the Supreme Court. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/10 "2023-06-11T02:35:36Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > That is the career path of Clarence Thomas used to get on the Supreme Court. See also: Alan Keyes, Ben Carson… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/11 "2023-06-11T02:45:12Z")
…George Santos… I know he’s not black, but who cares? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/12 "2023-06-11T02:48:33Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I know he’s not black, but who cares? Just ask him, maybe he is. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/13 "2023-06-11T03:37:23Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > …George Santos… > > I know he’s not black, but who cares? He’s black-ish. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/14 "2023-06-11T17:18:20Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Or he may be mentally ill. That’s the scary part. Nor is it new. Governors and Senators and other elected officials have for the last century, especially in the South, talked and acted so crazy that it was indistinguishable from people who were institutionalized. I vote mentally ill. Not the only one, remember Huey Long of Louisianna? He wanted to cap wealth at like 100 million and use the rest that was confiscated/nationalized to give every family $5000 and a basic income as I vaguely remember [on my phone so hitting google can be a bitch =)] Though to be honest, I do wish we would start taxing hte rich again, I remember pre Regan when the tax rate for the rich was like double that of poor me [I think I figuured out that other than the deduction for my savings bond I was paying out a third of my income to the various government levels and that doesn’t even count sales tax or personal property tax on the farm and vehicles] ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/15 "2023-06-11T17:33:26Z")
I’ve read a lot about Huey Long. He was not mentally ill. (Well, he may have been paranoid.) He was an anti-Trump. He was extremely capable at everything he did from a young age. He attacked the right enemies. He consolidated power in a non-democratic fashion but used that power to make life better for the lower-class that supported him. He didn’t grift them; he took the money from the rich and powerful. By the end his paranoia ruled him, true. Private armies and rewritten constitutions are the end-game for every two-bit dictator. It’s also true that he did have enemies everywhere, mostly of his own making. No way he would ever talk like Mark Robinson, though. When he called out bad guys they were real. Mostly. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/16 "2023-06-11T19:36:28Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > (Well, he may have been paranoid.) He was so paranoid, he was sure people were out to get him! Then he was assassinated. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/17 "2023-06-11T20:00:03Z")
_All the King’s Men_ is an excellent movie that closely parallels Huey Long’s life and career. Highly recommended. And Mercedes McCambridge was very very good. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306/18 "2023-06-11T22:07:46Z")
The novel is also very good. But I’ve read biographies that are even better. You can’t do his spectacular life in less than two hours.