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.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    1 day ago

    Has anyone started to link them up to their real names and addresses?

    It’d be nice if some company would start offering services to do background checks on people for hateful comments. Oh, I’m sure there would be lots of butthurt about it, and people rearing up on their hind legs, barking out some shit about “rights” and “freedom”, but if there are private companies issuing FICO scores on things like private purchases, etc…why the fuck shouldn’t something like that exist?

    If companies are doing background checks into your finances, why not about the shit you say, even if it’s been leaked?