the appeal of "you can be the absolute worst version of yourself and play the victim anytime anyone says anything about it" was simply too strong for young men who have never read a book

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right, it was already trending poorly and then the trump era locked in aggressive shameless awfulness as the model for elected republicans, so if you're choosing to go into republican politics these days trump and his worst acolytes are your model

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they have always been bad but they have genuinely gotten worse, you used to find generic preppy asshole types and now it’s pretty much all nazis

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every college republican in 2026 is the worst person you have ever met there are basically no exceptions

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AES: "Everybody tells me how it's a big risk to be taking Qs down the stretch. 'Why don't you just give your speech and walk off the stage?' Because I believe people deserve the right to ask Qs. Sometimes it's going to be bad faith R plants, most often it's good faith folks who just want an answer."

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