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[–] Redditsux@lemmy.world 107 points 6 days ago

JD Vance reveals his group chats with college buddies are similar in nature.

[–] jhymesba@lemmy.world 79 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And before people start saying this is somehow new, I bet if we had group chat apps back in the 70s and 80s, we'd have the exact same messages from THOSE then "Young Republicans."

This shit is baked into the GQP, like it was in the Dixiecrats in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, and like it was in the Confederates in the 1860s.

[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

It's just like what happened when Reagan's phone call recordings leaked proving he called Africans at the UN "monkeys." The ghouls all say the quiet part out loud somewhere... The "somewhere" just evolves over time from letters, to phone calls, to texts and encrypted chat logs.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 55 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"JD" "Vance" can just fuck right off with his bullshit attempt at whataboutism.

I wonder how his wife and kids feel about him sitting there and trying to downplay the venomous racism in his own party and his conservative movement.

[–] AugustWest@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

If you think his wife isn’t as evil as he is, you are out of your mind. Relationships like that are not based on love.

It’s like the people who said “I don’t care about Kirk, but I feel for his wife.” Look at that cunt now.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Yeah, she probably thinks she is one of the "good" ones, then, if she is sitting there and watching him downplay Nazi shit. His kids are still rather young-ish, so probably are not aware of just how evil their father is....

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago

JD 'Just Dance' Vance said the same things in his group chats when he was a young couch fucker.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

This reminds me of the time Trump tried to excuse his “grab em by the pussy” anecdote by calling it locker room talk. Well, i go to the gym regularly and have done so for years. I never hear (and never say) shit like that. Same goes for my college chats. Creeps like Vance probably think everyone is a bigot, but some people are shy about it.

[–] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"They are just excitable boys," they all said

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Let’s leave Warren Zevon’s good name out of this

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

Nah, that fits here. Have you listened to the lyrics of that song?

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

Even from the out of context screenshot...

It seems pretty obvious that they were talking about how the only time Republicans show empathy is when they're personally feeling pain.

Most Republicans don't give a single shit if thousands of school kids are shot every year, but if it was kids they know, they'd want to actually protect kids from gun violence.

That's completely different than how Couch Fucker is portraying it.

[–] gigachad@piefed.social 14 points 6 days ago