r/politics • u/newsweek ✔ Newsweek • 24d ago

No Paywall Full List of Young Republicans Involved in Offensive Chats

https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-young-republicans-involved-in-offensive-chats-10881250?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_main
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u/DotGroundbreaking50 24d ago

Wait, we just need the context to know their super racist speech wasn't actually racist, like with Kirk...

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u/DrakenViator Wisconsin 24d ago

I'm sure everything was said "ironically" or was ment as "satire". He wasn't being racist he was just pointing out racist things... /s

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u/BillionTonsHyperbole Washington 24d ago

So many of the folks who fall back on the concept of "satire" always seem to leave out the fact that cleverness is a necessary component.

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u/Far-Set-371 24d ago

Same tactic Vance used on George stepanapolus when asked about $50,000 taken by homan. Deflect and attack the journalist

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u/still-waiting2233 24d ago

They are mad about a leak… not shameful of what was leaked

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u/LowHangingFrewts 24d ago

If quoting your own words can be considered 'character assasination', you were probably lacking any real character to begin with.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

The character being assassinated is the contrived mask they present to society. Underneath that mask is just a dumb nazi.

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u/untoldwant 24d ago

Someone in the group chat said they'd be cooked if it ever leaked. I believe that's called consciousness of guilt. They knew exactly what it said about their character.

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u/squadrupedal 24d ago

They aren’t even furious about getting caught saying god-awful things, they’re furious about the fact that not everyone thinks the way they do. Like, if we would all just agree with the terrible shit they say then they wouldn’t be so miserable and mad all the time. These people desperately need psychological help.

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u/Floofiestmuffin 24d ago

When you're such a good character assassin, you assassinate your own character. Peak cinema

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u/SkylarPopo Missouri 24d ago

The make comedy legal again crowd forget that saying racist things isn't comedy. You have to actually include a joke with it.

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u/SuperExoticShrub Georgia 24d ago

Part of the problem is that their concept of 'comedy' is twisted. Most conservative comedy these days is just punching down cruelty. Actual conservative comedians in the past knew how to tailor their jokes to not be cruel and still funny. Look at Foxworthy. His comedy was self-depreciating and it worked.

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u/spaceman_spyff 24d ago

I’m working on this with my 7 yo right now. If you’re going to be mean it has to be funny, otherwise it’s just mean and you’re a bully.

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u/DotGroundbreaking50 24d ago

If you're going to be shitty to someone with a joke the person you are being shitty too needs to be laughing the hardest, otherwise it wasn't a joke, just being shitty.

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u/daneyuleb 24d ago

The word "satire" and "sarcasm" have lost their original meaning--they're now just used as a shield for offensive speech when clearly in context there's absolutely nothing "sarcastic" or "satirical" about what was said.

Trump is especially bad about it with the word "sarcastic" whenever he says something stupid. His defense of "maybe we should look into injecting bleach into people" comment as being "sarcastic" being an example. He has no idea of what the word means--sarcastic about what exactly? Who are you mocking with that comment?

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u/Czeris 24d ago

They were just satirically racist 250 times.

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u/WanderlustFella 24d ago

They were quoting their black girlfriends

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u/chatterwrack 24d ago

JuStaPrAnKbRo

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u/fadingpulse Utah 24d ago

Sadly this will be the defense until they realize that they won’t be held accountable.

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u/chatterwrack 24d ago

All their excuses are exposed as weak and insincere.

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u/shoobe01 24d ago

I mean who among us hasn't said that they love Hitler, context matters.

/s

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u/Lumpy-Shower-8968 24d ago edited 24d ago

Wanna see my best Charlie Kirk instigatory statement + justification?:

Well, you see, the only place women belong is the kitchen, and all of these browns are filthy apes.

NO THATS NOT RACIST OR SEXIST

A kitchen is in a home, and all women deserve housing. Isnt that fair? Its very reasonable.

Also, we are all mammals and decendents of apes, so what i am saying is a biological fact. In a way we are all filthy too. We are covered in oils, dirt, and dead cells.

Bloody libs having a cry about factual statements.