TODAY: Right wing media figures affiliated with Blaze TV were joined by masked Proud Boys to taunt a Transgender Storytime event in Denton, Texas today. The right wing media ignored the presence of masked Proud Boys and instead focused exclusively on armed LGBTQ+ supporters.
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Meanwhile, outside the Transgender Storytime event in Denton, the group of right wing hecklers included: a small group of masked Proud Boys, members of the Christian Nationalist group the New Columbia Movement, media associated with Blaze TV, and antisemitic Groyper Ali Jamal.
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It's hard to exaggerate how consistent the presence of Proud Boys and other right wing militia groups are at these sorts of protests.
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TODAY: an anti-LGBTQ protest outside a family Pride event held at a church in Frisco, Texas. The protest organizer, Kelly Neidert of Protect Texas Kids, claims there is "no such thing as a family friendly Pride event." Proud Boys in Buc-ees maska are once again in attendance.
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A very clear pattern has emerged. Whenever there's an anti-LGBTQ protest in the north Texas area, Proud Boys or militia are guaranteed to be there. Sometimes even open neo-Nazis.
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As has happened several times before, Kelly Neidert, the founder of Protect Texas Kids, is hanging outside a drag event with Proud Boys.
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I wish I were exaggerating when I say that the Texas GOP has incited neo-Nazis to harass drag shows and other LGBTQ events. But I'm not.
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The last tweet from the @TexasGOP was three days ago. That same day they put out an "ALERT" regarding a drag show in Pflugerville, Texas. Two days ago, Neo-Nazis were outside that drag show. One of them has been identified as Ronald Murray Junior.
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Unfortunately, when the Texas GOP was approached for comment about neo-Nazis showing up to a drag event they tweeted out, they would not disavow the Nazis.
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In the wake of the horrific mass shooting of a Colorado LGBTQ+ nightclub, let's think a bit more deeply about the fact that right wing media people with Blaze TV mock LGBTQ+ people for arming themselves in self defense in response to threats.
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Shockingly accurate description of events, although still notably lacking any mention of the masked Proud Boys and Christian Nationalists on the other side.
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Despite the horrific mass shooting of an LGBTQ bar in Colorado the day after Blaze TV contributor Sara Gonzales mocked LGBTQ people in Denton, Texas for defending themselves with weapons, she has doubled down in the rhetoric.
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They stand with Nazis, not the majority of Texans. And that’s not surprising to this Texan. That’s who they are.
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I don’t remember the GOP lamenting overt sexualization that is far more blatant at child beauty pageants.
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