New Alt-Right Fight Club Ready for Street Violence

[IronLionZion]

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A new fight-club “fraternity” of young white, pro-Trump men is being formed, its organizers claim, to defend free-speech rights by “Alt-Right” leaders and engage in street fighting.

Kyle Chapman, a California activist arrested earlier this month in a clash in Berkeley between anti-fascist protesters and pro-Trump demonstrators, announced this week he is forming the Fraternal Order of Alt Knights (cleverly called “FOAK).

Chapman, who uses the Internet meme “Based Stick Man,” says his new militant, highly-masculine group will be the “tactical defensive arm” of the Proud Boys, another group that shows up at pro-Trump rallies looking to rumble with counter-protesters.

“We don’t fear the fight. We are the fight,” Chapman said in a recent social media post announcing FOAK’s formation.

“I’m proud to announce that my newly created Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights will be partnering with Proud Boys,” Chapman said, with the “full-approval” of its founder, Gavin McInnes.

Tired of winning yet? Would it be too obvious if they wore brown shirts and arm bands? So to make America great again we must look to 1930s Germany to really appreciate the greatness that is coming our way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung (Hitler's brown shirted thugs)



And just like Nazi Germany, I bet a lot of folks think they will be spared while only "others" get Trumped.

[shenmue]

1. It's illegal to incite riots

[IronLionZion]

2. People do illegal things every day

[shenmue]

3. And get arrested every day

[IronLionZion]

4. And get away with it every day

when they have favorable politicians in charge of the government

[HoneyBadger]

8. I am pretty sure that Kyle Chapman gets arrested at these events

[NastyRiffraff]

5. But there are those here on DU

who say we Must Not Compare Trump to Hitler.

[IronLionZion]

6. There are those here who want to punish and purge the Democrats first

while the jackbooted heels crush their throats

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Good lord!!!!

That is a stupid fighting formation.

The shield serves a purpose. It's useless hanging by their sides. Have they ever watch a group of riot police?

[HoneyBadger]

9. I think that is the same pic photoshopped a couple of dozen times into a formation

There are a ton of "free speech" videos out there. The most famous one is the punch, followed by the granny getting Maced. But there are others if you want to see the fighting style.

[politicat]

13. Yeah -- everyone has exactly the same wrinkles in their hoodies? Really?

If they exist (which I doubt given the above)... it's because the Star Trek Klingon cosplayers, the SCA and the Quidditch players find them too repugnant.

When the serious nerds don't want a group of asshats, they're beyond redemption.

(I am proud of my Pelican and my knighthood. I'd already blown both ACLs before Quidditch became a thing, but I would have loved it and it's my favorite spectator sport. The Klingon clans tend to attract Macho-Macho-Menz, but they host fun parties.)

[HoneyBadger]

15. I used to watch the creative anachronists sword fighting in Union Square

Sure it was about a love of living history.....nah just nerds that liked dressing up

[Initech]

12. Not to mention ridiculously stupid uniforms!.

Really they look like discount pest exterminators.

[superpatriotman]

10. Bring it on, snowflakes

You think you're hard?

You've never seen hard.

[blueinredohio]

11. If they're so proud

why do they cover up?

[Abu Pepe]

14. uh...what?

The third degree reported involves “adhering to the masturbation regimen and getting a tattoo,” blogger Will Sommer wrote in a recent post.

[GulfCoast66]

16. This whole thing is total BS

There are no legions of Brown Shirts preparing to take over the streets. And while amusing it does not help, although it does not really hurt, having all these Godwin posts. They are just amusing.

If a herd of right wingers came down the street after me wielding clubs like shown in the above photo my Glock 22 would do a fine job of eliminating the threat.

The one mistake most winger make it that we liberals are wimps and will not fight for our cause. They first made that mistake in 1861.

And full disclosure. I am just talking shit. We will not have war in the streets.

Please stop with these Neo-Nazi posts. We face a threat, but no one is building concentration camps.

[radius777]

18. the alt-right/white nationalist movement is real in America

they worked hard to get Trump elected, and beat/intimidated many people before and after the election... it is especially a danger to historically oppressed groups who are their main targets. There were several shootings/killings of PoC by WN's (Dylan Roof, etc).

It's the whole 'Godwin' meme, imo, that led to people not taking the rise of the alt-right seriously, which led to Trump.

[IronLionZion]

19. They show up to protests and marches to fight

They've already done it many times

A lot of Germans said this whole thing is BS. And Cambodians. Rwandans. and the whole history of the world is BS

[IronLionZion]

17. Coming to a street near you