Want to support local journalism? Make a donation here. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. “President Trump told the proud boys to stand by because someone needs to deal with ANTIFA … well sir! we’re ready!!” organizer Joe Biggs wrote on Telegram, according to NBC News. Members quickly rallied around the directive. Canadian Forces in ?? October 4, 2020 “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by,” he said after moderator Chris Wallace asked him to denounce them and other white supremacist groups. The Proud Boys, founded by Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes, have been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and its members have been accused of growing violence, particularly around Portland.ĭespite that, the group got a seemingly positive order from the president during the debate. “What if gay guys took pictures of themselves making out with each other or doing very gay things, then tagged themselves with #ProudBoys,” George Takei tweeted with the hashtag “reclaiming my shine.” “I bet it would mess them up real bad.” Since Saturday night, the ProudBoys hashtag has been inundated with photos of gay men, ranging from pictures of couples to memes and videos of gay men dancing. The hashtag, trending all weekend, was not populated by hate-filled messages and, since President Trump refused to condemn white supremacists during Tuesday’s debate, calls to “stand by,” but rather with joyous photos and stories from gay men. Love is love, the group wrote in a reply. “ #retweet and make this hashtag about love, not hate.Gay men reclaimed the label “proud” over the weekend, taking over the Twitter hashtag from the far-right Proud Boys who have been causing havoc and violence in the Pacific Northwest. The official Twitter account of the Canadian Armed Forces in the United States took part, too, tweeting a picture of two men kissing with proudboys.
NFLX Queer Eye, tweeting out a snapshot of him and his husband holding hands. “Look at these cute lil #ProudBoys,” wrote Bobby Berk, a host of Netflix’s The image also contains several lines of text encouraging people to follow the Final Solution, the Nazi idea that led to the extermination of six million Jews during the Holocaust.īack on Twitter, the tone was several worlds apart.
One user, replied to the meme and wrote, “There is a solution.” Along with that line, posted an image full of Nazi regalia-swastikas, bright Reich red. The Proud Boys’ cringe initiation ritual is going viral once again after the far-right group attended this weekend’s Million MAGA March in Washington D.C. (He’s not.) It’s a statement that the Proud Boys can-and will-use his image to carry out their own propaganda. The image isn’t meant to suggest Takei is a white supremacist. In an effort to ridicule Takei, another Parler post was a meme of the actor holding up the OK sign, a gesture white supremacists use to identify themselves to each other. “Fags,” was another response, from “Can’t stand gay people.should be illegal.” “ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?” wrote one user, in reply to the screenshot.
Enrique Tarrio, the Proud Boys’ chairman, said in a separate Parler post that the left was attempting to turn the group’s name into “a slur” and that the gay pride campaign with #proudboys was an attempt “to drown out the voices of our supporters.”Ī screenshot posted on Parler of the tweet from the Canadian Armed Forces in the United States received some of the strongest reaction and was widely shared on Parler. Much of the action was carried out by the Proud Boys’ official account on the app, which has 60,000 followers. The Proud Boys took none too kindly to this, filling up Parler with the type of hateful messages that got them kicked off Twitter in the first place. And it’s their absence on Twitter-the result of toxic and abusive language-that allowed the gay activists to seize control of #proudboys on Sunday. The Proud Boys have no official presence on Twitter since the social media site banned them in 2018, so they have spent the last few days in gleeful celebration over their newfound, Trump-fueled fame on Parler, a two-year-old social media app popular among conservatives.