And I don’t mean the terminally online people like those on Reddit and Twitter, I mean the regular everyday people that don’t live on the internet. Places like r/conservative on Reddit make it seem like every republican is a racist and a fascist, but that’s simply not the case in the real world and the ones online are just the vocal minority or bots
IME IRL, all Republicans are racist. A lot of them are the type to outright call black people the n-word, but some are the type to say things like “I think the current system only allows blacks to qualify for any benefits and I’m mad all my money is going to them because they don’t want to work” or “I’m not racist, but just look at home many people in prison are black; just sayin” type of people. The more indirect racists may say thing like “I’m voting republican because I think it’ll make stock market go up” when they want to sound politically correct. The “I’m not racist, but” people would have a problem with Republicans being overtly racist because they really don’t believe themselves to be racists.
I should probably mention I’m in Texas, so that’s certainly possibly the difference. Very well could be a regional thing, which could explain how some Republicans don’t think they’re part of a racist party.