Proud Boys disrupt Pride event at library in South Bend

[speak easy]

Source: WNDU News

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - A Rainbow Storytime program at the St. Joseph County Public Library’s Virginia M Tutt Branch in South Bend was forced to postpone after several men who affiliated themselves with the alt-right Proud Boys entered the library and said they wanted to cancel the event.

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Instead of learning about the different perspectives written in these children’s books, folks at Monday’s Rainbow Storytime heard from the group of Proud Boy protesters who claimed the books contained pornographic images.

“They don’t have the right to plant a seed of doubt about one’s own personal body,” one of the protesters said. “God gave you that body and you don’t have the right to make them question that ability. We can’t allow them to push this smut on children’s minds without their knowledge.”

More than a half dozen men identifying themselves as Proud Boys affiliates seemed to have just one goal in mind—canceling the event.

Read more: https://www.wndu.com/2022/06/29/proud-boys-disrupt-pride-event-library-south-bend/

[maxsolomon]

1. during the middle of a workday.

is Proud Boy their occupation?

I forget, which God gave me my body? Ix Chel?

[mpcamb]

21. Too Proud to work?

[pstokely]

30. while they yell at others to get jobs

nt

[IronLionZion]

2. They're too proud to let anyone else have some pride?

Why don't these boys just mind their own business

[ZonkerHarris]

3. I think the Proud Boys have some questions about their sexuality....

[AllaN01Bear]

4. pointing at them selfes again eh. yeah. dont they have jobs?

[QED]

5. Why weren't the police called?

Or were they already there as PB?

[Lulu KC]

26. Exactly n/t

[Timeflyer]

6. First time in a library

All them books might give people ideas! God hates thinkin'.

[LudwigPastorius]

7. NPFU!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. Arm the Librarian!

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. You know, Biden has the authority to declare them a terrorist organization

Sure wish he would.

[IronLionZion]

14. Canada has declared them a terrorist organization

the US should do the same.

TFG told them to stand back and stand by, whatever that means.

[Fiendish Thingy]

16. As has New Zealand. Surely they a greater threat to the US than to those countries. Nt

[IronLionZion]

17. Part of that might be due to founder Gavin McInnes

he's Canadian with British parents. By far, most of their activity is in the US. They terrorize Americans all the time.

[mountain grammy]

10. I'm thinking brownshirts.

what next?

[pfitz59]

11. So very brave

taking on little kids and librarians. Their mommies must be so proud.

[IronLionZion]

15. So very proud

[johnnyfins]

12. Trying to capture some of the news cycle no doubt

They don't give a rat's ass about this storytime thing. Too much airtime for Cassidy and sedition...

[IcyPeas]

13. Proud Boys were named a terrorist group in Canada, Britain, Canada, Australia and now New Zealand.

... making it illegal in New Zealand to fund, recruit or participate in the groups, and obligating authorities to take action against them.
....
The statement said there were unlinked but ideologically affiliated chapters of the Proud Boys operating in Canada and Australia.

New Zealand authorities argued that before the Capitol attack, the Proud Boys had a history of using street rallies and social media to intimidate opponents and recruit young men through demonstrations of violence.

It said the group had put up various smoke screens to hide its extremism.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-30/new-zealand-designates-proud-boys-a-terrorist-organisation/101199016

[hoosierspud]

18. I grew up two doors from that library

and used to attend Story Hour there. At that time, South Bend had a large population of 1st and 2nd generation Eastern European immigrants. The town was very industrial with lots of union members and so heavily Democratic that Republicans had a hard time finding candidates to put on the ballot. Boy, has Indiana changed.

[Behind the Aegis]

19. There will eventually be bloodshed.

I wonder how bad it is going to be.

[lapfog_1]

20. there will come a time when the majority is really tired of this fanatical minority

[maxsolomon]

22. RW Paramilitary groups seem to be gaining in power.

I don't know when you think America will be "really tired" of them. Conservative White Men clearly aren't.

[groundloop]

23. They're getting better armed, and thanks to 45* are no longer afraid to be open with their hatred

[purr-rat beauty]

24. These circle jerks can take it to their parent's basement

they can barely speak, ex-con neanderthals

time to call and handle them for what they are - Domestic Terrorists

[Red Mountain]

25. People planning these events should anticipate problems.....

I'm not saying set them up, exactly but what if there were 50 or 60 able-bodied counter protestors right around the corner?

Best way to deal with a bully is to punch them in the nose.

Afraid they might escalate? They're going to anyway.

[intheflow]

27. This!

I’m a librarian and I think that’s a brilliant idea!

[Brenda]

29. What exactly are the pornographic images?

Those books look like children's books with drawings, not even photographs. Do they show two men holding hands as two daddy's do?

Smut? These guys are fucking freaks. Dangerous violent terrorist freaks. Only a matter of time before they're going to use weapons at one of these events.

[olddad65]

31. Proud boys, Proud boys, whacha gonna do, whacha gonna do when for you!