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Zorro

(18,668 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:47 PM 6 hrs ago

Bigotry among young conservatives has Republicans on edge

Many Republicans dismiss such party members even as white supremacists like Nick Fuentes gain popularity, but there’s growing unease at their presence in the rank and file.

Twenty-three-year-old Alec Beaton has the résumé of a model GOP foot soldier. He’s a former precinct delegate and county Republican youth chair who ran a small Michigan field office for Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign.

He’s also a self-described Holocaust “revisionist” who views praise for Adolf Hitler as a way to “mess with people.”

“We don’t think Hitler is, like, the worst person ever,” Beaton explained as he roamed a national conference for young conservatives with his friends, joined at one point by an acquaintance on the event staff for the host group, Turning Point USA.

Many Republicans dismiss young people such as Beaton as fringe actors, unrepresentative of the GOP. But there’s a growing unease in the party at their presence among the rank and file. Leaks of offensive group chats and infighting over the bounds of acceptable political discourse are fanning anxiety in the party: Maybe the kids are not all right.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/26/gop-feuntes-trump-antisemitism-nationalism/

Bigotry has been a hallmark of the Republican Party for the past 60 years.
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Bigotry among young conservatives has Republicans on edge (Original Post) Zorro 6 hrs ago OP
GQP have condition their children for years .................... Lovie777 6 hrs ago #1
YUP Ollie Garkie 5 hrs ago #11
YUP popsdenver 4 hrs ago #14
EXACTLY. They are the produce and progeny of their parent's OWN hate and venom. The FRUIT of their malodorous labour. B.See 1 hr ago #27
Edgelord syndrome. Coventina 6 hrs ago #2
There was discomfort when the markodochartaigh 6 hrs ago #3
Weird that the bigotry of the older conservatives doesn't bother them EdmondDantes_ 6 hrs ago #4
Why? That's who they've aligned themselves with for decades. BlueTsunami2018 6 hrs ago #5
At the risk of aging myself, this has a real "I learned it by watching YOU!" energy to it. nt bbernardini 5 hrs ago #6
thought of that PSA, too. nt Ollie Garkie 5 hrs ago #9
Why are Rebl2 5 hrs ago #7
There are no "Republicans" . . . there are only Trumpers and "Independents" and "Low-Information Voters" hatrack 5 hrs ago #8
Um, right. Ollie Garkie 5 hrs ago #10
Wtf do they expect when they all are bigots themselves? debsy 4 hrs ago #12
He thinks voicing his ignorance is a "way to mess with people"... Trueblue Texan 4 hrs ago #13
"White Like Me"... BurnDoubt 4 hrs ago #15
History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes. Back to the future. Marcuse 4 hrs ago #16
Mmm... I've never seen this, but I'm interested to hear directly from Atwater himself. liberalla 3 hrs ago #24
Headline made me laugh hibbing 4 hrs ago #17
IOW, he's a 4 Chan Edgelord Troll. maxsolomon 4 hrs ago #18
Quiet Part meet Out Loud ToxMarz 4 hrs ago #19
Bigotry in Repugnant party used to be mostly dog whistle for "rank and file." spudspud 4 hrs ago #20
Holocaust denying is despicable. Joinfortmill 3 hrs ago #21
Who raised them? IronLionZion 3 hrs ago #22
Being taught to hate! So sad! CarolinaNC 3 hrs ago #23
Well, I don't think of Thomas Crooks or John Hinckley Jr. as "the worst persons ever", Jack Valentino 1 hr ago #25
I grew up with parents who were pretty bigoted, especially my father Diamond_Dog 1 hr ago #26

Lovie777

(22,925 posts)
1. GQP have condition their children for years ....................
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:54 PM
6 hrs ago

and now they are surprised?

Ollie Garkie

(356 posts)
11. YUP
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:48 PM
5 hrs ago

These kids grew up listening to Rush Limbaugh in dad's car, now they crave or buy into more extreme stuff. Probably part of the plan, really.

popsdenver

(2,258 posts)
14. YUP
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:51 PM
4 hrs ago

they grew it, they can chew it......Munch, Munch, Munch

It's what the Republicans have fostered and promoted for decades.....

B.See

(8,439 posts)
27. EXACTLY. They are the produce and progeny of their parent's OWN hate and venom. The FRUIT of their malodorous labour.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 11:26 PM
1 hr ago

False outrage and 'concern' notwithstanding.

Coventina

(29,711 posts)
2. Edgelord syndrome.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:57 PM
6 hrs ago

It's better to be notorious for being a complete asshole than a complete unknown.

That's all that matters in today's clicks, views, and likes - based world of those under 30.

markodochartaigh

(5,534 posts)
3. There was discomfort when the
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:01 PM
6 hrs ago

Republicans absorbed the right wing of the Southern Democratic party, but the corporate Republicans got over it thinking that they could control the Southern racists on a national level. And they did for decades. But gradually the reich-wing racism took over the Republican party until in 2015 the corporate Republicans realized that they could not win without Trump because he was so wildly popular with the 80% of their base who are authoritarians. So they put party before country and chose an authoritarian Strong Leader who was not committed to democracy as their candidate.

EdmondDantes_

(1,769 posts)
4. Weird that the bigotry of the older conservatives doesn't bother them
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:01 PM
6 hrs ago

Just because the young ones say it without the dog whistle doesn't change much to me.

BlueTsunami2018

(4,983 posts)
5. Why? That's who they've aligned themselves with for decades.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:16 PM
6 hrs ago

That’s just their brand. What are they “on edge” about? That’s what their voters like. It’s the leader of the triumvirate for right wingers just ahead of misogyny and climate change denial.

I’m confused.

bbernardini

(10,018 posts)
6. At the risk of aging myself, this has a real "I learned it by watching YOU!" energy to it. nt
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:26 PM
5 hrs ago

Rebl2

(17,705 posts)
7. Why are
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:34 PM
5 hrs ago

they on edge about this. They just learned it from them, because republicans have been racist forever. I would think they would be proud that those young republicans, not worried about it.

hatrack

(64,839 posts)
8. There are no "Republicans" . . . there are only Trumpers and "Independents" and "Low-Information Voters"
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:37 PM
5 hrs ago

Trueblue Texan

(4,443 posts)
13. He thinks voicing his ignorance is a "way to mess with people"...
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:42 PM
4 hrs ago

But of course, it's really the way he communicates what a moron he is.

BurnDoubt

(1,701 posts)
15. "White Like Me"...
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:51 PM
4 hrs ago

By I Yaamma Dimpledick… available in paperback wherever Bullshit is sold.
(Somebody said “Bizzarro World three times, I just know it.)

liberalla

(11,081 posts)
24. Mmm... I've never seen this, but I'm interested to hear directly from Atwater himself.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:09 PM
3 hrs ago

Bookmarking... Thanks for posting!

ToxMarz

(2,920 posts)
19. Quiet Part meet Out Loud
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:13 PM
4 hrs ago

No filter, they think like they're always in the Disqus comments section.

spudspud

(646 posts)
20. Bigotry in Repugnant party used to be mostly dog whistle for "rank and file."
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:24 PM
4 hrs ago

But Trump has shown them that they can be loud and proud racists and get away with it (mostly). So now all the old timer GOPers are clutching their pearls because their spawn are making it impossible for them to defend the bigotry/racism accusations leveled against the Rethuglicans.

Jack Valentino

(4,958 posts)
25. Well, I don't think of Thomas Crooks or John Hinckley Jr. as "the worst persons ever",
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 10:52 PM
1 hr ago

either.....


Diamond_Dog

(40,520 posts)
26. I grew up with parents who were pretty bigoted, especially my father
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 11:04 PM
1 hr ago

I heard every racial epithet ever coined, along with disparaging remarks about Democrats. How did I ever grow up to be a Liberal Democrat?

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