A man in Suffolk County, New York, got an unexpected earful while peacefully protesting the Trump administration on his day off.
On January 16, Steven Lupo was holding a sign on a busy corner that read âTrump is not a King,â which triggered a bizarre racist meltdown by a passing driver that was partially caught on video. After flipping off Lupo and shouting, âI want a dictator,â the unnamed heckler made an illegal U-turn to get closer and continue the harassment, Lupo recounted in a Facebook post.

âI responded, âYou want a white dictator,â and he astonishingly responded, âYes, I want a white dictator.ââ
Lupo pulled out his phone, but the man drove away only to remerge minutes later after parking, this time up close and personal. Lupo kept his calm as the man stormed over to where he was standing and began railing against immigrants and people of color.
âWhite people come f*cking first, understand that. Then the f*cking minorities come,â he can be heard saying in a disheartening video thatâs making the rounds on social media.
Lupo asked, âOh, the minorities. So youâre not a racist?â
Demonstrating a shocking lack of self-awareness, the heckler replied, âNo, Iâm not a f*cking racist.â
âI was calling him a coward because he wouldnât repeat on film that he wanted a dictator for white people,â Lupo wrote in his Facebook post, noting that the man had the audacity to say âletâs be civilâ before launching into a diatribe of racism and hate.
After spewing a string of childish insults toward Lupo that went on for several minutes â including calling him a âmoronâ and âdumbâ â the heckler finally left.
âMy thoughts while talking to him was no one had ever challenged his positions and racism before,â wrote Lupo. âHe didnât seem to know how to process being challenged.â
Commenters on Instagram viewed the rant with a mixture of laughter and disgust. âThe statement he just made is the absolute definition of racism,â wrote one. Many others agreed. âHow ridiculous!â wrote one, while some joked about his long-windedness: âHe is trying to convince himself, but it is not working đâ
Most were left scratching their heads, asking, âHow is this not racism?â