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3. And that he was at least a follower of the Boogaloo Bois
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 06:18 AM
Jul 2022

And some of the mouth breathers who invaded the Capitol on 1/6/21 were Boogaloo Bois and Trump told them
that he loved them and were proud of them.





The ‘Boogaloo movement’ is an important fixture of armed right-wing politics in the United States. Its impact on the perception of protests, the relative lethality of its adherents, and its focus on fomenting civil war are all dynamics that grew out of years of online organizing, and they are unlikely to dissipate soon.

The potential for new gun restrictions and the Boogaloo movement’s ability to grab media attention through violence, as well as its armed presence and participation in demonstrations, has ensured its momentum post-election, albeit at a smaller scale. A reliance on social media organizing, which initially bolstered the movement, has now clipped the wings of its cells, as Boogaloo actors struggle to gain an immediate organizational foothold online in the aftermath of a deplatforming effort since June 2020. Though the threat of direct violence from Boogaloo adherents has waned, it remains imperative to monitor the movement for signs of a return to violent street activism.


Boogaloo adherents (often termed “Boogaloo Boys” or self-described as “Boogaloo Bois”) follow a diverse set of neo-dadaist aesthetics connected to the intention of setting off a second American Civil War, which they often regard as inevitable. The ideology behind Boogaloo is decidedly right-wing, though public commitment to right-wing ideals varies between adherents and cells, with some cells claiming to take a pseudo-left-wing position publicly (Bellingcat, 27 May 2020). The aesthetic and ideological tendencies of the loosely aligned movement is one of absurdity and disregard for one’s safety or life, combining a frustration with the current state of affairs with the notion of online culture.

The earliest reference to the “Boogaloo” as a term for civil war or race war was in 2012 on 4chan’s board for firearms, /k/. However, the movement gained steam in 2019 motivated by “anti-government anxiety,” when the term was frequently used on far-right racist channels on Telegram (WIRED, 18 June 2020; Institute for Strategic Dialogue, 26 June 2020). The term has since gathered greater appeal among armed absurdist libertarian activists. In early usage of the term, the “Boogaloo” was explicitly in reference to a race war, though this etymology is one that some media-savvy Boogaloo actors regard as unimportant or untrue (Southern Poverty Law Center, 5 June 2020; Al-Jazeera, 16 April 2021).

https://acleddata.com/2021/08/16/actor-profile-boogaloo-boys/

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Yup, another tRumpy lover Ziggysmom Jul 2022 #1
Red pants.. Beachnutt Jul 2022 #2
And that he was at least a follower of the Boogaloo Bois Botany Jul 2022 #3
Here also Beachnutt Jul 2022 #4
Ewwwwww! Weird. /nt bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #7
Trump appeals to failures and weirdos who want to feel superior IronLionZion Jul 2022 #13
Hasn't been such a widespread underground since Prohibition bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #5
Oh please stop... brooklynite Jul 2022 #6
I want the shooter tagged as a Trumper. hay rick Jul 2022 #21
And if one demented trumper is doing this, others may join him. Ilsa Jul 2022 #8
I listened to MSNBC last night for a bit Marthe48 Jul 2022 #9
Probably 4chan the website, not fortran the programming language IronLionZion Jul 2022 #10
Thank you Marthe48 Jul 2022 #12
Had never heard of 4chan the website, so looked it up KS Toronado Jul 2022 #16
They boast of an anything goes, there are no rules, attitude IronLionZion Jul 2022 #17
"and child porn" Holy Shit! KS Toronado Jul 2022 #19
They never do. yardwork Jul 2022 #11
Oh my gosh, it's Harry Potter in his Where's Waldo cosplay outfit FakeNoose Jul 2022 #14
The MSM editors are too lazy to keep up with their own news. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #15
The shooter of the Tree of Life Synagogue was also a huge trump fan. appleannie1 Jul 2022 #18
Even the Christchurch, New Zealand shooter moondust Jul 2022 #20
Because that's not reporting; that's editorializing. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 #22
Damn Straight! Cha Jul 2022 #23
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