>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.
>William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair, used the words “n--ga” and “n--guh,” variations of a racial slur, more than a dozen times in the chat. Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, referred to rape as “epic.” Peter Giunta, who at the time was chair of the same organization, wrote in a message sent in June that “everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.”
I wonder if anyone ... anyone at all who was invited noped out once they saw the chat?
Is it possible anyone could have? Or are they such that the only way you get invited is you're going full racist and so on?
> Or are they such that the only way you get invited is you're going full racist and so on?
Column A, Column B.
There is probably a strong selection effect for who gets invited. But--and I hate to be this reductive--looking at these dudes' pictures, there may have been negative social pressure to maintain the few ties they had.
>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.
>William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair, used the words “n--ga” and “n--guh,” variations of a racial slur, more than a dozen times in the chat. Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, referred to rape as “epic.” Peter Giunta, who at the time was chair of the same organization, wrote in a message sent in June that “everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.”
I wonder if anyone ... anyone at all who was invited noped out once they saw the chat?
Is it possible anyone could have? Or are they such that the only way you get invited is you're going full racist and so on?
> Or are they such that the only way you get invited is you're going full racist and so on?
Column A, Column B.
There is probably a strong selection effect for who gets invited. But--and I hate to be this reductive--looking at these dudes' pictures, there may have been negative social pressure to maintain the few ties they had.
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