What Young Republicans really think

Politico obtained messages between leaders of Young Republicans groups across the country. If their true feelings are representative of the group as a whole, many or most of these Republicans are bigots, racists, admirers of Hitler, anti-Semites, and/or arrogant, insulting thugs. 

These fine young adults called black people monkeys and “the watermelon people”. They mused about putting political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping enemies and driving them to suicide. They lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery. William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair, used the words “n--ga” and “n--guh” many times in his chat comments. Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans, called rape “epic”. Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, wrote that everyone that votes no about whether he should become chair of the Young Republican National Federation “is going to the gas chamber”.

Those sentiments come from future GOP leaders and activists. That says everything a person needs to know about the mindsets of MAGA insiders. These people are not normal. They are not democrats. They are cynical, cruel authoritarians. They think killing, raping and psychologically torturing people is funny.

Expressions of his kind of moral rot presumably go in in secret all the time among many or most MAGA elites. Their actions are in accord with this filth. However, they are smart enough to not get caught revealing what they really think.

Yes, most of the MAGA rank and file Trump voters will vehemently distance themselves from those sentiments. But those are the people who created this with their votes. They asked for Trump and this is just one little part of the sleaze, corruption and moral rot that he is forcing on us. 

Given MAGA's track record of moral rot, mendacity, corruption, cruelty, etc., it is reasonable, fair and balanced to think that all MAGA elites feel more or less about the same as what most of those Young Republicans expressed in secret. 

Of course, that assessment could be wrong. Maybe most MAGA elites really do not share those Young Republican beliefs and sentiments. In that case, the burden of proof is on them to prove it.  The burden sure as hell is not on any of us in the opposition to prove their good intentions and good will. Their words and actions clearly express bad intentions and ill-will. 

Q: Is tarring MAGA elites with those viciously cruel Young Republican sentiments reasonable, fair and balanced or not? Who has the burden of proof one way or the other, us or them?