And nothing of value was lost.
This has killed the Kansas wing of the Young Republicans group. Multiple people, including the head, have been ousted from any roles in the party and local leadership has stated the group is dead.
So we'll go back to how it was in the 70s and 80s. The bigots will just go back into hiding and working in the shadows. The rise of Trump emboldened these people, that's the only reason they are as open as they are now about their views.The underlying organizations will just reform under new garbage that will do a better job of hiding their true faces.
You want your confederate flag? Fine, here's your goddamned confederate flag, corrected for accuracy.
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Do you know why Republicans think it's no big deal that "Young Republicans" were caught praising Hitler and talking about raping and murdering dissidents?
Because that's how they talk in private, so they think these "Young Republicans" screwed up only by leaving an electronic trail. In their social circles, it's commonplace to talk like this. That's what it means when they shrug it off as no big deal. In their minds, they're thinking "yeah, we all say stuff like that, but you shouldn't have said it online, dumb-ass".
People need to recognize how deeply this rot extends into Republican political culture.