Yes, and we need to be less surprised by this and figure out better counter-strategies, because the old ones aren’t working and treating the Proud Boys like we treat Patriot Front is ineffective at best and counterproductive at worst.https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1050987197019475968 …
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Part of their strategy is to bring forward people of color, like Tiny. It makes the “you’re a white supremacist!” arguments fall flat. This is deliberate.
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And while non-white people can perpetuate white supremacy, they rely on these academic arguments failing to generate mass outrage.
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Internal Proud Boy chats have very little discussion by way of talk about race in the way that Nazi chats do. When you read neo-Nazi chats, they talk convoluted bullshit race theory for hours. Proud Boys don’t give a fuck, they just wanna beat the shit out of and trigger the libs
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The Proud Boys are white supremacist by action, but they have so far effectively dodged the associations by ideology that have been damaging to the Nazis. And the ease at which they’re dodging this surprises me.
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I don’t have a lot of great answers here but what is the most concerning is how close the PBs are to the police and to mainstream political bodies. That’s something the identitarian groups haven’t had quite as much.
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Anyhow, this is what Proud Boys do and get away with and we need a solution like right fucking now.https://twitter.com/leftkist/status/1050973870511939584?s=21 …
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This is what the neo-Nazis think of the Proud Boys in their own chats.pic.twitter.com/qKDeo4ljb4
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Do you think that some in the GOP would use this group to start something on a larger scale (fire, explosion, etc.) so government can blame the left/try and crack down?
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I don’t think they will do long as it continues to be effective to just roll out street fights
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Ooh, there's going to be /A LOT/ of content to unpack if you're going to explore the connections of reactionary altright movements since 2012, which always coincidentally ends up having ties to the altright, ganergate, american evangelicals, and the koch brothers.
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Like picking fights and editing the violence so peaceful protesters are thrown in jail and have to spend thousands of dollars needlessly defending themselves? And then have to fight the justice department for fair trials also? Like that?https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/project-veritas-inauguration-day-protests-prosecutors …
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GOP is not in any way supporting them! Prove that crap! You cant!
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Get a life lady. Instead of Analyzing, and over analyzing every move some groups take. U must have a very sad, boring life. And oh yah, that verified “check”, shouldn’t b on your name. Never even heard of you
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The Pboys are those ppl who throw themselves at traffic and when they survive, sue the owner of the car they landed on.
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Now do antifa and the DNC/ Soros.
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