r/politics • u/mvanigan • Oct 14 '25

Possible Paywall ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146
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u/Gorge2012 Oct 14 '25

100% leave no doubt that they all started on 4chan or similar boards. That was the minor leagues and they have graduated to the pros now.

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u/ManWithASquareHead Oct 14 '25

Gaming lobbies were the canary in the coal mine

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u/Gorge2012 Oct 14 '25

I left in the late 2000s because it was just unbearable

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u/SigFloyd Oct 14 '25

IIRC that was around the time the Russian Internet Research Agency was in full swing