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Judi Lynn

(160,451 posts)
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 04:21 AM Oct 2020

Proud Boys Supporter Warns of 'Civil War' if Donald Trump Loses Election

Source: Newsweek


BY EWAN PALMER ON 10/12/20 AT 3:41 AM EDT

Avideo has emerged of a Proud Boys supporter warning that there will be a "civil war" if Donald Trump does not get re-elected in November and advises people to stock up on guns.

The clip featuring the self-proclaimed supporter of the far-right group was posted online by actor and blogger Walter Masterson and took place during a Trump rally in Staten Island, New York.

The Proud Boys supporter, who is not identified, describes how the group are "not brawlers" despite being known for their violent rallies and altercations with left-wing groups and movements such as antifa.

"But we're there. We're like the Marines, we're the first to come in," he adds.

When asked by Masterson how the Proud Boys reacted to Trump's "stand back and stand by" comments he made during the televised presidential debate, the man said the group took that to mean the president is telling them to "wait for my orders."

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/proud-boys-trump-civil-war-qanon-1538208?piano_t=1

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Proud Boys Supporter Warns of 'Civil War' if Donald Trump Loses Election (Original Post) Judi Lynn Oct 2020 OP
Bring it. RandySF Oct 2020 #1
Bring it mother fuckers Botany Oct 2020 #16
We'll see about that. 634-5789 Oct 2020 #2
My Louisville Slugger is ready just in case they come to town. RandySF Oct 2020 #3
Nothing worse than thinking you can outsmart someone who's already lived it! 634-5789 Oct 2020 #4
Agreed Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #19
Exactly! Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #52
SCREW them MFM008 Oct 2020 #5
Booger Boys will safeinOhio Oct 2020 #6
These idiots are going to be suprised to find out that every liberal isn't a pacifist. TeamPooka Oct 2020 #7
LOL! n/t EndlessWire Oct 2020 #17
This is very true! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #25
My screen name is going to result in complete shock. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2020 #37
Lol TeamPooka Oct 2020 #69
These idiots are also going to find out the hard way dware Oct 2020 #43
There are plenty of "private" prisons to fill up with them. BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #8
And a chance to meet their leader! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #26
+1! FailureToCommunicate Oct 2020 #47
+2! BlueWavePsych Oct 2020 #67
They will become the Plowed Boys. nnt Xipe Totec Oct 2020 #70
That's perfect!!! NT dware Oct 2020 #71
Well, if these clowns were actually ex-military they know they would be slaughtered... ashredux Oct 2020 #9
We knew from the start this would not end peacefully. Grokenstein Oct 2020 #10
Idiot has no idea. truthisfreedom Oct 2020 #11
A bunch of Cosplay boys against the 101st...love to see it ashredux Oct 2020 #15
You can hear their delusional thinking.... diverdownjt Oct 2020 #20
They're nothing like the U.S. Marines, dware Oct 2020 #44
It would be ill advised. Hanzzy72 Oct 2020 #12
Those traitors will be locked up rockfordfile Oct 2020 #13
Only if we stay out of the way... diverdownjt Oct 2020 #22
Fuck you & your Bully Threats, Whiny boys. Cha Oct 2020 #14
They have been using this as a tactic to intimidate for awhile. cstanleytech Oct 2020 #18
Just make sure you vote early and on election day and the day's after... diverdownjt Oct 2020 #21
Fuck. I already voted for Biden. I could'a saved the Union by voting for Trump. 3Hotdogs Oct 2020 #33
Vote for Trump or we'll shoot BeyondGeography Oct 2020 #23
Announcing a war in advance does kind of tip off the opposition bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #24
So true! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #27
It also tips off the F.B.I. Mike 03 Oct 2020 #30
Yup! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #74
After seeing the Michigan fiasco, I'm thinking the FBI knows exactly what they are doing. GulfCoast66 Oct 2020 #90
The beauty of it is that with the take down of those MI. clowns, dware Oct 2020 #92
That the first thing I thought of when I learned the details of the Michigan takedown. GulfCoast66 Oct 2020 #95
Do they really think people will not vote Dem becaise of such threats? SheltieLover Oct 2020 #28
AKA "right wing terrorism" ck4829 Oct 2020 #29
Bring on all 30 of these traitors. BlueStater Oct 2020 #31
340 Million people are hard to convince SmartVoter22 Oct 2020 #32
These morons have as much of a chance of starting a war as Cartman does! Initech Oct 2020 #89
my money is on the 101st airborne beachbumbob Oct 2020 #34
Or my sheriff's SWAT team. GulfCoast66 Oct 2020 #91
I'd imagine it will be hard to run a civil war from prison.. AZ8theist Oct 2020 #35
I suspect the governors of Michigan and Wisconsin will have their National Guard standing by. Lonestarblue Oct 2020 #36
You touched on something here. GulfCoast66 Oct 2020 #93
That's not quite true about open carry not being allowed at all, dware Oct 2020 #94
Yeah, as a hunter i we'll know it. GulfCoast66 Oct 2020 #96
Open carry is stupid, dware Oct 2020 #97
I had a concealed license for a while for a very specific reason. GulfCoast66 Oct 2020 #99
Civil War my ass. They are a terrorist group, nothing more, and that's how they need to be treated. hadEnuf Oct 2020 #38
As a Marine I take umbrage at any comparison of any group SnowCritter Oct 2020 #39
Semper Fi fellow Devil Dog. dware Oct 2020 #45
GO FOR IT!!! Your punk asses will be taken down in five seconds............ Bengus81 Oct 2020 #40
its sedation time . AllaN01Bear Oct 2020 #41
Many "members" of Proud Boy terrorist cells are FBI Roisin Ni Fiachra Oct 2020 #42
Yes, they have been infiltrated. Mr.Bill Oct 2020 #77
OK, tough guys Yeehah Oct 2020 #46
Bring It chickenshits..............your not a fucking Marine, your terrorist's turbinetree Oct 2020 #48
Keep wearing those stupid uniforms so they can be spotted and dealt with immediately dalton99a Oct 2020 #49
Kay. Squinch Oct 2020 #50
Cosplay fascists (Nt) FreepFryer Oct 2020 #51
"Cosplay" or not, fascists nonetheless. David__77 Oct 2020 #63
Okay lol vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #53
Also, who exactly do they think they are going to fight? Ligyron Oct 2020 #54
Exactly. Duh. nt Kahuna Oct 2020 #85
They won't like the outcome. roamer65 Oct 2020 #55
Trump did this llashram Oct 2020 #56
Bring it on, shitbags. NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #57
Proud Boys CountAllVotes Oct 2020 #58
I think the problem these guys have is Turbineguy Oct 2020 #59
Bring it on, chump. malthaussen Oct 2020 #60
As strange as it may seem, this thread gives me hope. not_the_one Oct 2020 #61
I may be old, dware Oct 2020 #62
will televised images of assholes "heroically" executing neighbors bring people to their cause? 0rganism Oct 2020 #64
Bring it. n/t man4allcats Oct 2020 #65
Looking forward to the video debriefing of Proud Boy drone strikes. BlueWavePsych Oct 2020 #66
LOL, dware Oct 2020 #68
I can't lie. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2020 #72
Full interview ... marble falls Oct 2020 #73
LOL. So if he is willing to spill the beans to someone trolling him, GulfCoast66 Oct 2020 #98
Do they understand that if they start a civil war Progressive Jones Oct 2020 #75
Half your army is in jail. Good luck with that. 😂 W T F Oct 2020 #76
+1 K&R onetexan Oct 2020 #78
That's what prisons are for Sugarcoated Oct 2020 #79
A Civil War in 2020, it is the most ridiculous concept. Brainfodder Oct 2020 #80
Fuck these basement dwelling aggrieved party incels Joe Nation Oct 2020 #81
I can say with almost 100% certainty that these asshole have already been infiltrated by one Javaman Oct 2020 #82
Semper Fortis! denbot Oct 2020 #83
Shrug. Yawn... Kahuna Oct 2020 #84
Those little men will fade into the shadows as soon as Donald loses. martouf Oct 2020 #86
Seriously, the sooner I stop hearing about fucking Q Anon, the Proud Boys, Patriot Prayer, etc... Initech Oct 2020 #88
We might as well start rounding these jerks up now... nt. BlueIdaho Oct 2020 #87
I am not scared of those pathetic, gun humping cowards Skittles Oct 2020 #100
Amen sister, amen. denbot Oct 2020 #101
Next thing we know, they'll be asking for is snacks. nt. Mean Gene Oct 2020 #102
What a bunch of selfish assholes! Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2020 #103

Botany

(70,447 posts)
16. Bring it mother fuckers
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 05:52 AM
Oct 2020

2. OHHHHH

I will be working election protection work in central OH ... it is a long day and very boring
please come to where I will be working.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
19. Agreed
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 06:10 AM
Oct 2020

The best these sniveling little twits could accomplish is a raid on a refrigerator and back to their keyboard warrior position.

dware

(12,263 posts)
43. These idiots are also going to find out the hard way
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 09:18 AM
Oct 2020

that many of us liberals/progressives are combat veterans who aren't afraid of these cowards and will fight back against tyranny.

Most of these so called proud boys are nothing more than cowards who will flee the first time someone fires at them, they'll go running back to mama's basement and cry.

Grokenstein

(5,721 posts)
10. We knew from the start this would not end peacefully.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 05:44 AM
Oct 2020

But once it's on, every shitweasel with a Proud Boy tattoo is going to be screaming for mercy and never find it.

diverdownjt

(701 posts)
20. You can hear their delusional thinking....
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 06:20 AM
Oct 2020

"Were like the marines...we're the first to go in...."

They are not in touch with reality any more than their orange overlord....

dware

(12,263 posts)
44. They're nothing like the U.S. Marines,
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 09:21 AM
Oct 2020

I know, I spent a large portion of my life in the Marines, these cowards wouldn't stand a chance against a squad of Marines.

Hanzzy72

(51 posts)
12. It would be ill advised.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 05:49 AM
Oct 2020

It's probably just a bunch of talk. But if it isn't just talk they're going to be disappointed with the results.

diverdownjt

(701 posts)
22. Only if we stay out of the way...
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 06:46 AM
Oct 2020

If we win...stay inside...don't give the police any target but a proud boy...

If you are out there they will kill you..........stay away....don't be the one or two who get caught out and killed.

Stay safe...if we are not there who will they turn on...they are ready to fight...so let the police handle it.
I know what your thinking..the police help them...I know...so don't be there for both groups to unload on.

We win it all by letting them uncork their shit and go off...and letting the police handle it...if they don't...

that will be evident.

STAY AWAY....STAY SAFE...STAY ALIVE........LET THEM BLOW THEMSELVES UP...WHO CARES.



diverdownjt

(701 posts)
21. Just make sure you vote early and on election day and the day's after...
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 06:35 AM
Oct 2020

STAY INSIDE...Don't give the police any target that is not a proud boy....

3Hotdogs

(12,332 posts)
33. Fuck. I already voted for Biden. I could'a saved the Union by voting for Trump.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 08:02 AM
Oct 2020

Sorry guys, I know I fucked up.

bucolic_frolic

(43,062 posts)
24. Announcing a war in advance does kind of tip off the opposition
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 07:03 AM
Oct 2020

I think their generals may have some deficiencies

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
30. It also tips off the F.B.I.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 07:37 AM
Oct 2020

thankfully. Although, I'm pretty sure the Proud Boys are already on their radar.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
90. After seeing the Michigan fiasco, I'm thinking the FBI knows exactly what they are doing.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:32 PM
Oct 2020

In fact, I would guess every Proud Boy chapter has an informant. All it takes the FBI finding one ex-felon with a gun and you have an automatic informant.

And all the militant groups know it. They aren’t going to do shit now.

dware

(12,263 posts)
92. The beauty of it is that with the take down of those MI. clowns,
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:35 PM
Oct 2020

every RW domestic terrorist group are now paranoid about who is the informer in their group and I can imagine that there is a lot of suspicion towards each other.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
95. That the first thing I thought of when I learned the details of the Michigan takedown.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:41 PM
Oct 2020

Take a bunch of heavily armed, paranoid delusional sand make them suspect each other. What could go wrong?

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
28. Do they really think people will not vote Dem becaise of such threats?
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 07:11 AM
Oct 2020

Shouldn't someone tell them this isn't a video game?

SmartVoter22

(639 posts)
32. 340 Million people are hard to convince
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 07:43 AM
Oct 2020

A civil war? Really?

How do you propose to convince 340 Million people to react to something.. in one day orver something like an election?
Especially when another series of elections is going to happen in two years? It's not the last election ever, but these nuts want to think it is.
Most Americans understand this fact and will, find these fringe milita groups as the traitors they are. Most are illegal terrorist organization anyhow.

Our Civil War took over a decade of bad legistlation, territorial expansion and resistance to change, to even get started.
The main reason the civil war even got going was the economic boycotts imposed on the south. That alone let them start a war, in a nearly bankrupt state.

What I am saying is, developing and starting a civil war is not a simple thing, that such a teeny tiny group of nuts ( Proud Boys and that ilk) could hope to start.
You might, on a good day, find a few dozen individuals who would actually attempt a coup and then, they may get as far as the local senior center or a Walmart.

They would have more luck finding Bigfoot.

Lonestarblue

(9,958 posts)
36. I suspect the governors of Michigan and Wisconsin will have their National Guard standing by.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 08:33 AM
Oct 2020

Governor Whitmer especially might like to teach the Proud Boys a lesson. I may be wrong, but this seems to be more of a midwestern and western issue, though of course idiots like this are willing to travel to create mayhem. The governor of Pennsylvania also should have its National Guard ready for chaos after November 3.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
93. You touched on something here.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:37 PM
Oct 2020

Of all places you would expect to see this shit it would be Florida. But almost nothing. Why is that?

Open carry here, off to the pokey you go. Not allowed. At all.

Interesting. Without being able to march around with the guns they are impotent.

dware

(12,263 posts)
94. That's not quite true about open carry not being allowed at all,
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:40 PM
Oct 2020

you can open carry as long as you are fishing, hunting, camping, etc.

Is it legal to open carry in Florida?
Open carry is not legal in Florida except for a person engaged in fishing, camping, or lawful hunting or going to or returning from a fishing, camping, or lawful hunting expedition.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
96. Yeah, as a hunter i we'll know it.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:44 PM
Oct 2020

But your not hunting on the capital steps, in downtown Orlando or any non-rural area.

Try to open carry in any of those places you are going to jail. If you resist disarming you area going to the morgue. Even Red counties don’t put up with it. At least not mine.

dware

(12,263 posts)
97. Open carry is stupid,
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:47 PM
Oct 2020

it unnecessarily alarms people and ties up police resources having to respond to calls of someone open carrying a firearm.

I disagree with concealed carry also, but would prefer it over open carry.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
99. I had a concealed license for a while for a very specific reason.
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 12:02 AM
Oct 2020

Never carried on my person but it covers more than that.

Never grew comfortable to owning a handgun. I grew up as a traditional long gun hunter. No black guns in my house. Well, my deer rifle is not wood and is technically black. But is a bolt action that holds 4 rounds. You know what I mean by black gun.

So I removed the condition that made me feel it necessary to have the license, let it expire and was done with handguns and the idea of concealed carry. Wisdom comes with age. Sometimes.

Told a righty at work I had let it expire and he was dumbfounded and asked why. I told him because I’m not scared to live my life. He took poorly to that answer.

hadEnuf

(2,177 posts)
38. Civil War my ass. They are a terrorist group, nothing more, and that's how they need to be treated.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 08:58 AM
Oct 2020

They need to be in prison.

SnowCritter

(810 posts)
39. As a Marine I take umbrage at any comparison of any group
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 09:00 AM
Oct 2020

of right-wing militias (read "domestic terrorists" ) to the Corps.

Marines take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. I would imagine members of the other armed forces do, too.

The problem is that too few of them have ever read the document to which they swore that oath and even fewer understand said document.

Semper Fi!

Bengus81

(6,928 posts)
40. GO FOR IT!!! Your punk asses will be taken down in five seconds............
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 09:02 AM
Oct 2020

Total blowhards just like their Fuhrer.

Roisin Ni Fiachra

(2,574 posts)
42. Many "members" of Proud Boy terrorist cells are FBI
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 09:04 AM
Oct 2020

agents or informants.

The FBI thanks this Proud Boys supporter for identifying himself, and the intentions of his terrorist organization.

Inside the Plot To Kidnap Gov. Whitmer

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/11/us/michigan-whitmer-plot/index.html

Can't fix stupid

Mr.Bill

(24,244 posts)
77. Yes, they have been infiltrated.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 02:14 PM
Oct 2020

That's how they busted those guys in Michigan. The FBI has recordings of their meetings.

Yeehah

(4,568 posts)
46. OK, tough guys
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 09:31 AM
Oct 2020

but this time, the USA will not be so kind and understanding like Lincoln and Grant when it comes time for you to run home crying to mommy like the rebels in 1865. Those of you traitors who survive will go to prison at Guantanamo Bay for life.

dalton99a

(81,404 posts)
49. Keep wearing those stupid uniforms so they can be spotted and dealt with immediately
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 09:58 AM
Oct 2020

Many Democrats are gun owners


David__77

(23,334 posts)
63. "Cosplay" or not, fascists nonetheless.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 12:39 PM
Oct 2020

I am glad that there are many people mobilized to stop them.

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
53. Okay lol
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 10:33 AM
Oct 2020

I'd love to see how a cosplaying twerp can handle a gun fight against an actual trained soldier or recreational shooter that has been shooting since youth.

Ligyron

(7,616 posts)
54. Also, who exactly do they think they are going to fight?
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 10:35 AM
Oct 2020

The police or military are the only visible organizations or targets that will show up and has been pointed out here repeatedly, that won't end well for them.

Well, I guess they could charge a Starbucks looking for "libruls" but R's go there too.

Still, Democratic Headquarters should probably arrange for security the day after the election as there will no doubt be individual attempts at vandalism if nothing else.

Turbineguy

(37,295 posts)
59. I think the problem these guys have is
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 12:13 PM
Oct 2020

while COVID-19 is killing people, and that's good, it's not as satisfying as shooting them.

malthaussen

(17,175 posts)
60. Bring it on, chump.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 12:14 PM
Oct 2020

You gonna lead the charge, or cower back in your momma's house while trying to incite others?

-- Mal

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
61. As strange as it may seem, this thread gives me hope.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 12:21 PM
Oct 2020

If the turd wins, this country is done. It's fork time. But if the votes are counted and counted accurately, THAT is not going to happen.

If Biden wins, there is still hope that we can save the planet. Because we aren't just fighting for our country, we are fighting for the planet.

This thread lets me know that there are those on our side who will fight. The Proud Bugaboo Beer Belly Bois (PBBBB) will be met with resistance.

Thanks to all of you.



0rganism

(23,930 posts)
64. will televised images of assholes "heroically" executing neighbors bring people to their cause?
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 12:41 PM
Oct 2020

apparently the assholes think so

BobTheSubgenius

(11,560 posts)
72. I can't lie.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 01:28 PM
Oct 2020

Part of me wishes they would. I wonder how long their ideology and consumer-level armaments would stand up to a minigun, or a 30mm rotary cannon.

I wonder what their opening strategy and target(s) would be.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
98. LOL. So if he is willing to spill the beans to someone trolling him,
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:53 PM
Oct 2020

How many FBI agents are already in the group?

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
75. Do they understand that if they start a civil war
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 01:52 PM
Oct 2020

It will be legal for any civilian to take them out in defense of the United States?

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
80. A Civil War in 2020, it is the most ridiculous concept.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 03:17 PM
Oct 2020

But it matches the current POTUS beautifully perfectly in the yugely bestest ways possible a lot of people are telling me?



Joe Nation

(962 posts)
81. Fuck these basement dwelling aggrieved party incels
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 03:34 PM
Oct 2020

They can crawl back under their rocks and dream about their sisters for all I care.

Javaman

(62,504 posts)
82. I can say with almost 100% certainty that these asshole have already been infiltrated by one
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 03:45 PM
Oct 2020

of the alphabet agencies. They try anything, the various other alphabet agencies will know all about it before it happens.

 

martouf

(32 posts)
86. Those little men will fade into the shadows as soon as Donald loses.
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 06:04 PM
Oct 2020

They talk big now. They will fade into the shadows once Donald loses. That is unfortunate. They will be the next McVeigh that bombs a building and kills innocents. They are the roaches of this era.

Initech

(100,041 posts)
88. Seriously, the sooner I stop hearing about fucking Q Anon, the Proud Boys, Patriot Prayer, etc...
Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:12 PM
Oct 2020

The better! These ridiculous groups will only get more ridiculous as time goes on!

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