They call themselves a “fraternity” to give ideological cover to their far-right beliefs and history of violence.
Instead, why not use the designation of a professional third-party, like the @splcenter, which calls them a “hate group”?
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I think the 1920s Klan was framed as a fraternal organization almost exactly like the PBs and afaik historians often keep that framing bc it's possible to be a fraternity and all the other evil things at the same time...
Wow, I wonder what helped the Klan grow? Could it have been the framing of it as an anodyne fraternal organization rather than a violent hate group? Words matter. That was my only point in raising this issue.
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In some ways the Klan was less violent than the PBs. Some chapters openly renounced violence and wanted to just become the secret orchestrators of the US. it's not just the framing but the content, that's all I'm saying - they can be both a fraternal org and hate group.
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I’d agree themst they can be both a fraternal org and a hate group. But in that case, why are you defending simply describing the Proud Boys as a “fraternity”?
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