NEW YORK — Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway.

They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.


I’d love to say this surprises me, but it does not in the slightest.

  • MourningDove@lemmy.zip
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    17 hours ago

    If you want courtesy, maybe show up with enough respect to not pump the discussion full of rhetoric and opinion.

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      16 hours ago

      There is no way to exclude rhetoric from any discussion. That’s what a discussion is - a rhetorical exercise. Also, none of what I said was opinion. The GOP is the party of bigots and reactionaries. When neo-nazis and religious extremists vote, they vote for the GOP. That is not really up for debate. Im sorry I triggered you by reference to objective reality.

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        14 hours ago

        In what world is eager collaboration with aggressively bigoted and reactionary opponents a pragmatic political strategy?

        Yawn….