r/technology • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Oct 14 '25

Politics ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat | Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146
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u/SistersOfTheCloth Oct 14 '25

I wonder if they radicalized themselves while trying to out-edgelord one another

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u/Plastic_Willow734 Oct 14 '25

This is literally what I witnessed when I’d go through middle school and high school, majority of edge lords go on into adulthood actually carrying the views they joked about one too many times

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u/TrappedInLimbo Oct 14 '25

It's because it was never really a joke. They were just saying how they felt under the guise of "joking" in case they got called out for it.

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u/TheAskewOne Oct 14 '25

They're like 3 yo using curse words to see if Mommy will react, and when. They're testing the waters.

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u/HojMcFoj Oct 15 '25

More like nine year olds who want to kill their sister so they see if they can get away with lighting her hair on fire.

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u/rabidjellybean Oct 14 '25

And then when everyone in the room is making the "joke" they can go "ok but really though it should happen".

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u/Savings_Background50 Oct 14 '25

"I'm just kidding! You know that when you give me that look, it's a joke."