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.

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago

See, the thing is, though, this stuff is poison. It's locker room bs at first, but, fundamentally it's tribalism and deviancy division between in-groups and out-groups.

The more you dig and learn about psychology, sociology, and history, the more you ☹️ because you realize.... It's us.

My partner and I were just talking about deviancy theory earlier today, and were discussing whether or not technology has moved too fast. Yes = our brains are lizards and the internet is amplifying our current weaknesses as a species. No = ?

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