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still_one

(91,947 posts)
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 11:39 AM Nov 2020

Civil war brewing inside Proud Boys as top leader says he's done pretending he isn't a Nazi

"The far-right Proud Boys gang has long denied that it is a white nationalist organization and has instead claimed that it only exists to defend “Western Civilization.”

However, Newsweek reports that some members of the group are ready to openly embrace being a racist organization and are dropping any pretenses of wanting support of non-white people.

The civil war within the Proud Boys started when Kyle Chapman, the founder of the Proud Boys’ so-called “tactical defense arm,” sent out a message to supporters that he no longer wanted to pretend that he wasn’t a white nationalist.

“Due to the recent failure of Proud Boy Chairman Enrique Tarrio to conduct himself with honor and courage on the battlefield, it has been decided that I Kyle Chapman reassume my post as President of Proud Boys effective immediately,” Chapman wrote. “We will no longer cuck to the left by appointing token negroes as our leaders. We will no longer allow homosexuals or other ‘undesirables’ into our ranks. We will confront the Zionist criminals who wish to destroy our civilization.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/civil-war-brewing-inside-proud-boys-as-top-leader-says-hes-done-pretending-he-isnt-a-nazi/

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Civil war brewing inside Proud Boys as top leader says he's done pretending he isn't a Nazi (Original Post) still_one Nov 2020 OP
Battlefield? pwb Nov 2020 #1
PB & Q turning on each other Dem2 Nov 2020 #2
Who didn't fucking see this coming??? Raster Nov 2020 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Raster Nov 2020 #4
So he declares himself a domestic terrorist. LakeArenal Nov 2020 #5
They've always been white supremacists. Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #6
"Cuck". Says all you need to know about the Sugar Smack Nov 2020 #7
If Republican leadership was honest, . . . OneBro Nov 2020 #8
Damn, it's getting to be impossible to distingush the Onion from real articles by... Hugin Nov 2020 #9
Operation Hummingbird revisited? sarisataka Nov 2020 #10
I'm afraid to Google it waddirum Nov 2020 #20
Night Of The Long Knives - Germany 1934 hatrack Nov 2020 #23
History remembers it more under its informal name sarisataka Nov 2020 #25
My sides hurt from laughing. Afromania Nov 2020 #11
Cops think they are friends too. pwb Nov 2020 #17
The F.B.I would like to thank Mr. Chapman for his full voluntary confession Mike 03 Nov 2020 #12
They are so in-your-face PatSeg Nov 2020 #13
It's the steriods. Hugin Nov 2020 #14
Oh damn! PatSeg Nov 2020 #15
A wide spread practice among the group from the photos I've seen. Hugin Nov 2020 #19
Yes, the classic drug-induced Superman effect PatSeg Nov 2020 #22
Well, Whaddaya Know, Their "Leader" who was a Minority, Really WAS Just a Token So They Skraxx Nov 2020 #16
This almost seems a parody, but I guess it isn't. BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #18
Biden and the Dems need to start shaming Republicans who do not call right wing militias.... WyattKansas Nov 2020 #21
Who's behind those Foster Grants? superpatriotman Nov 2020 #24

Raster

(20,996 posts)
3. Who didn't fucking see this coming???
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 11:45 AM
Nov 2020

Second question: Gavin McInnes -proudboy founder- is NOT a U.S. citizen and is living here on a long-term visa. Why hasn't his racist ass been deported?

Response to still_one (Original post)

LakeArenal

(28,728 posts)
5. So he declares himself a domestic terrorist.
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 11:46 AM
Nov 2020

Why are Proud boys allowed to exist?

“Well regulated” militia, my ass.

Come onBarr. Show a bit of balls before you go.

Turin_C3PO

(13,649 posts)
6. They've always been white supremacists.
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 11:48 AM
Nov 2020

They're merely pulling back the curtain and allowing the audience to see the brick wall.

Sugar Smack

(18,748 posts)
7. "Cuck". Says all you need to know about the
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 11:56 AM
Nov 2020

saturation of toxic masculinity in this group of depraved people.

Hugin

(32,778 posts)
9. Damn, it's getting to be impossible to distingush the Onion from real articles by...
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 11:59 AM
Nov 2020

only the headlines.

Geeze.

Afromania

(2,767 posts)
11. My sides hurt from laughing.
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 12:02 PM
Nov 2020

Good I say. Good for the dumb ass brown people that sided with these assholes. See what happens when you side with people that hate you.

There are no "good ones". There is no award for siding with Nazi bigots. Bet you thought that leopard wasn't going to eat your face too buddy.


Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
12. The F.B.I would like to thank Mr. Chapman for his full voluntary confession
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 12:06 PM
Nov 2020

and will see him shortly.

Hugin

(32,778 posts)
19. A wide spread practice among the group from the photos I've seen.
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 02:34 PM
Nov 2020

Along with cocaine, meth, and opioids, I'd also wager. These groups have historically avoided marijuana and alcohol (except beer) because as downers they impede the asshole buzz they want. Along with the association of those drugs with the groups they hate.

The steroids also explain why they describe themselves as "boys".

PatSeg

(46,794 posts)
22. Yes, the classic drug-induced Superman effect
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 02:54 PM
Nov 2020

They feel invincible and think they can do anything, really dangerous crap.

Skraxx

(2,965 posts)
16. Well, Whaddaya Know, Their "Leader" who was a Minority, Really WAS Just a Token So They
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 12:43 PM
Nov 2020

could say "How can we be racist when our leader is a minority?" Which is what I saw on Facebook from so many racists, who jumped into discussions about the Poor Boys Being racist/white supremacists. And guess what? They jumped in to say "They're NOT racist/white supremacisits! Their leader is Hispanic!".

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
21. Biden and the Dems need to start shaming Republicans who do not call right wing militias....
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 02:40 PM
Nov 2020

Hostile terrorist groups that are NOT American.

Along with a Justice Department that is no longer perverted by Barr/tRUMP unleashing a world of hurt on the domestic terrorist groups across the country to knock them back to the stone age forever. The press and media also need to be stalking and hounding Republicans to constantly disavow the domestic terrorist groups and calling for their prosecution to avoid being associated with them. Republicans wanted to play games and flirt with them for so long, so now the time has come to play hardball with Republicans and link them where they can to destroy those Republicans who refuse to call them what they are.

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