Twitter user @AntiKemite, a self-proclaimed “Non-PC Black man” who goes by ‘The Dope Conservative,’ was recently called out for using a stock image of a black man as his profile picture.
This lead to the widely accepted conclusion that the man behind the account is almost certainly not black.
This checks out. pic.twitter.com/zfiWSrvWWr
— Brad DePrima (@brdeprima) April 26, 2018
Twitter user Brad DePrima found the original stock image on Shutterstock, listed as “Black man posing with crossed arms and wearing glasses.” Lol.
(Granted, black conservatives do exist — looking @ you, Stacey Dash.)
Another piece of evidence pointing to the fact that the man behind the account is not black are his tragic tweets.
This is very convincing and not at all obvious pic.twitter.com/clfSSfE3rU
— Niki (@FroMoxie) April 27, 2018
As well as the fact that they only start on April 25th.
Aaaaannnd there’s also the fact that he uses the hard ‘r,’ and refers to white people as ‘crackers.’
update: he uses the hard ‘r’ pic.twitter.com/HxcNM9PVgB
— Flex Trillerson (@Public_Enema) April 27, 2018
first thing that should have tipped you off was the word “cracker”.
there is no black person under the age of 50 who actively used the term cracker to refer to white people.
— Ben Ezugha (@bezugha) April 27, 2018
“The Dope Conservative” responded to DePrima’s callout by claiming that every other picture of him ever was “saved to a USB which got stolen.”
— Brad DePrima (@brdeprima) April 26, 2018
“Happens to the best of us,” replied DePrima.
Nobody believed The Dope Conservative, natch.
Also, who tf doesn’t have access to a camera in 2018? Does he literally live under a rock or something?
— David Jalbert ? (@Melloland) April 27, 2018
no he lives in tha hood dog, ya feel me? Don’t be whack homie
— Flex Trillerson (@Public_Enema) April 27, 2018
@AntiKemite your profile picture is literally a stock image of a black man that i’m assuming is not you. unless you have proof proving otherwise that you are this man without using a royalty-free stock image, i’ll believe that you’re the non-pc black man who you claim to be pic.twitter.com/8RZJQDgeN6
— jack (@rabipops) April 25, 2018
STOP WRITING “I say this as a black man” ON ALL YOUR POSTS. YOU’RE NOT BLACK YOU’RE SOMEBODY USING A STOCK PHOTO PRETENDING TO BE BLACK. pic.twitter.com/ZfqpY86K8K
— Hai (@iHai_xx) April 26, 2018
LMAOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/GIGTQJHNyb
— Flex Trillerson (@Public_Enema) April 27, 2018
And yet, The Dope Conservative refused to concede defeat, insisting that he is, in fact, the man in the stock photo.
Stop calling me a stock photo and engage with my ARGUMENTS.
— The Dope Conservative (@AntiKemite) April 26, 2018
Can you help me photoshop the watermark off this picture? pic.twitter.com/RtKEfwgBeg
— Rob B (@Rbcoolguy1) April 26, 2018
Notice how my avatar doesn’t have the watermark on it?
I wonder why that might be…
— The Dope Conservative (@AntiKemite) April 26, 2018
because you bought the fucking stock photo? take a selfie with your twitter handle dipshit
— JD-800 ? (@thejd800) April 26, 2018
No, it’s because I AM the model in the photo.
Stock photo models have lives outside work too.
I don’t have a camera at the moment so can’t take a conventional selfie.
— The Dope Conservative (@AntiKemite) April 26, 2018
TDC refused to take a selfie and changed his profile picture to an ankh.
Weird, it says here that it was taken in 2012. You don’t remember the year you took that photo? pic.twitter.com/PbDYTQJZyq
— Rob B (@Rbcoolguy1) April 26, 2018
What an idiot. We send you into the weekend with this word of advice:
I work in advertising. This is why, you never ever ever ever, pose for stock photography.
— Andy Liberman (@andyliberman) April 27, 2018