White Supremacy

This is bad. The text messages released from the NY chapter of the Young Repbulicans group chat are vulgar and leave nothing to the imagination. Then again, they reveal nothing that hasn't been said publicly in so many words by other members of the GOP. They wonder why they are called Nazis, but they say they love Hitler and they think gassing of Jews is the way to go. They wonder why they are called white supremacists when they are pro-slavery. Why not admit their commonality with the Ku Klux Klan and the tenets of the Confederacy. They are misogynists. They talk about women who should be raped. Their disdain for women is consistent with the GOP being determined to make all women second class citizens. Some have openly bemoaned the fact that women can vote. All of this is consistent with the current administration. The president wonders why domestic violence assaults are considered part of crime statistics. JD Vance, 41, considers these 18-40 year old men to be "young boys". Two things. First is that he is does what rape culture does, he excuses them. Too bad it went on their permanent record. Second, these are men, some of them his age, some of whom hold positions of importance in politics. Finally, we know that these beliefs reflect the moral values othe person at this age--they are not about to change any time soon if ever. The fact that he says he thought and said offensive things when he was "younger" is more damning of him than an excuse of their behavior. So why disavow them? That is what is unclear to me, other than that in these texts there is no mistaking the message. It is the actual text, not the subtext. Their core tenets are unequivocally stated.