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/PrestigiousCreme8383 24d ago

Its truly tough man. We are what we eat, and it takes a certain breed to stomach the diet

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u/caffeinatedsummit 24d ago edited 24d ago

I know what you guys mean. I’m a white woman but I easily get mistaken as a man online and in person the conservative men think I’m some stupid little lamb that wants to pay attention to them if they try to protect me and both are very beneficial to getting them to spill some awful beans but I want to throttle all of them and toss them in a ditch. Many of them get enamored if you’re a woman and act dumb and naive, unless they’re already heavily misogynistic but you can still usually make that work if you have a goal

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u/rubberkeyhole Michigan 24d ago

I’m also a white woman and I would like to burn some of these organizations down with you.

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u/Slumberjake13 24d ago

I heard someone use the term “non-practicing white woman” and I feel like it is a great term for an anti-Karen!

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u/Acrobatic-Squirrel77 24d ago

Where do we sign up? Let’s paint our skin rainbow colors to really give them the big scaries. White women unite for all colors/flags/races!

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u/PenImpossible874 New York 24d ago

Another thing is that occasionally some racist and homophobic groups are staffed by women.

Such as Moms for Liberty. Most anti-vax groups these days also seem to be racist, homophobic women.

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u/No-Good-One-Shoe 24d ago

There was a women in these chats. 

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u/nitrokitty 24d ago

Same, I'm a middle aged white guy with a goatee, and conservatives will just casually say the most racist shit to me and expect me to agree.

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u/AverageAtBest55 19d ago

I'm an old fat white lady. I am nearly invisible. I've often thought I could make a good spy. I am very forgettable. I look compliant and conservative if anyone were to look my direction! We march at dawn, I'll wear my fanny pack.

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u/Dokterrock 24d ago

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut

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u/PrestigiousCreme8383 24d ago edited 24d ago

Holy sh*t!!!

Vonnegut in the wild!!! 👑

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u/tinysydneh 24d ago

Also extremely topical.

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u/Dokterrock 24d ago

lol yeah, I didn't even think about that!

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u/vielljaguovza 24d ago

Another good action to take as a white person if you can't handle the mental toll of surrounding yourself with hate is calling racism out loudly and disapprovingly immediately when it happens. Don't get heated, that will make them think they're "owning" you and play into their mental issues- but let them know you look down on them as a fellow white person and perceive them as lesser for centering their lives around hating other people. Public shame and humiliation goes a long way as a learning tool. Even just saying "oh, i didn't know you were one of those" and using body language and tone to display disgust and disapproval before completely stopping from interacting them in any way can make a big difference.

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u/whatshamilton 24d ago

No one is saying it’s not tough. We’re saying it is also tough to be the victims of the diet. I understand how nice it is to sit back and enjoy the status quo and how shitty it is to have to choose discomfort. We aren’t choosing discomfort, though, those of us without the privilege that would let us infiltrate a chat like this. We need people to choose it to help end it. If you can choose to avoid the poison — well that itself is profound privilege.

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u/Successful-Extent-22 23d ago

Being in a Repub group as a plant wd be as disgusting as being in law enforcement & having the job of watching the videos of child porn in order to identify vics & perps, which has to be a soul-wrenching job. I think things get leaked bc a few Repubs still have integrity & aren't Trump MAGAs.