"A few weeks ago in the US, it was revealed that Young Republican groups - the youth wing of Donald Trump's party - were exchanging texts declaring their devotion to Hitler and wallowing in the most grotesque celebrations of racism and fascism. Last week in this paper, in a piece headlined 'Welcome to the Hitler Youth', Mark Tighe exposed a similar style of badinage on the part of some members of the youth wing of Aontú in their secret WhatsApp groups."
"Leader could have taken a stand by distancing the party from X - one of the world's most prolific generators of recreational fascism Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news"
Young political youth groups circulated messages that celebrated Hitler and embraced overt racist and fascist imagery. Private messaging revealed Young Republican members exchanging texts declaring devotion to Hitler and reveling in grotesque celebrations of racism and fascism. Comparable banter surfaced among some members of the Aontú youth wing in secret WhatsApp groups. The party leader could have publicly distanced the party from X, a platform described as a prolific generator of recreational fascism, but did not take that stand. The situation links youth-wing extremism, private-group culture, and platform permissiveness in spreading fascist content.
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