Swiping Right: The Allure of Hyper Masculinity and Cryptofascism for Men Who Join the Proud Boys

[Generic Other]

Degrees of Membership
The fours levels of Proud Boy membership are but one example of their violent nature.13
The group’s official bylaws list four degrees of membership:
• the first degree requires an initiate to state the Proud Boys’ fraternity creed;
• the second degree requires the initiate to be punched until he can name five
breakfast cereals. Once the initiate succeeds, he is an official member;
• the third degree involves the new member getting a tattoo with Proud Boys
phrases or symbols;
• the fourth degree requires the member to engage in violence on the group’s
behalf.

Proud Boys’ commitment ranges from passive online consumption to overt offline
action.

A very interesting academic study of their motivations:

https://icct.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Swiping-Right-The-Allure-of-Hyper-Masculinity-and-Cryptofascism-for-Men-Who-Join-the-Proud-Boys.pdf

[pwb]

1. Pathetic men calling themselves boys?

Do they have a tree house for meetings?

[CurtEastPoint]

3. as in....

[DBoon]

2. ...requires the member to engage in violence on the group's behalf.

and Antifa is the terrorist organization?

[Thomas Hurt]

4. soooo, just a street gang.

[The Magistrate]

5. Exactly, Sir --- Punched In, And Punched Out To Leave

Sounds like the by-laws of the old Gangster Disciples....