What Goes on at A Proud Boys Rally

 

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Proud Boys Burn BLM Banners During Pro-Trump Rally | NowThis

 

Violent agitators wearing Proud Boys insignia burned a church’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign at a pro-Trump protest in D.C.

America’s largest militia says it will refuse to recognise Biden as president and ‘resist’ his administration

 In the early 90's in America small groups began forming, what they called militias as a bulwark against what they believed was government overreach through laws and regulations. Some were Neo-Nazi's other's white nationalists and still others believed they were helping to stop America from being taken over by those who attacked American values because they believed in inclusion or by immigrants.  Even though these groups use the word militia to define who and what they represent they aren't. As the constitution in the 2nd amendment the word militia is used in conjunction with well regulated. Meaning that a militia would be part of the government's defense structure. You know, an army. Militia groups today while using that term are not, not have they ever mean part of the countries national defense infrastructure.  Outside of America they would be classified as what they are terrorists and treated as such. Yet the English speaking media refers to these terrorists as militias as if they have some romantic notion of the past before there was a standing army.  

‘Anything he signs into law we won’t recognise as legitimate,’ Oath Keepers founder says

The largest militia group in the US will refuse to recognise President-elect Joe Biden as the nation’s duly elected leader when he is sworn in on 20 January 2021.

The Oath Keepers, an armed right-wing organisation that boasts tens of thousands of members with law enforcement and military backgrounds, was one of several groups to demonstrate in Washington over the weekend at the “Million MAGA March” in support of Donald Trump, whom news networks project has lost the 2020 election.

“I think about half this country won’t recognise Biden as legitimate. They won’t recognise this election,” Stewart Rhodes, who founded the Oath Keepers, told The Independent on Saturday in the nation’s capital.

Donald Trump has embolden these groups through his long standing attacks on the legitimacy of American's electoral process going back to the 2016 election, where despite losing the popular vote he won enough electoral  college votes to win that election. It wasn't enough for him. staring about a year and half ago he began the process again. Following his defeat on 3 November he only amped up his attacks. Encouraging his supporters to question the legitimacy  of Joe Biden's win. In doing so he's set the stage for these groups to commit acts of violence against a government and a state they now view as legitimate.    

What You Need to Know About the Proud Boys

 Here’s what you need to know about the Proud Boys, the far-right hate group Pres. Trump told to ‘stand back and stand by’ during the first presidential debate.

Beware: Radical Right Seems To Be Gearing Up To Attack The 2020 Dem Campaign

Democrats should brace themselves for more overt white supremacist attacks during this campaign season.

By David Neiwert

We’re getting hints that the 2020 presidential campaign is going to feature something fairly new to American politics: the open participation of the radical right in harassing and threatening liberal Democrats and their nominees, in support of Donald Trump and the Republican establishment.

Over the weekend, white nationalists from the openly fascist group Patriot Front vandalized Democratic Party headquarters in Los Angeles by plastering their racist stickers and fliers around the building housing their offices. And that’s only the most recent incident.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the incident is being investigated as a hate crime. The stickers and fliers featured typical Patriot Front slogans: “Not stolen, conquered,” “America First,” “Reclaim America,” “America is not for sale,” and “Two Parties, One Tyranny.”

“It is clear that this vandalism is intended to intimidate and suppress voters. It will not work,” Democratic Party Chairwoman Ada Briceño said in a statement. “We stand united in the strongest possible condemnation of hate. We want to assure voters that intimidation is not tolerated.”

There have been previous indicators that far-right extremists are preparing to take an active role in the 2020 election, starting with the inclusion of extremist Oath Keepers as “security forces” at Trump rallies.

Patriot Front fascists, meanwhile, have become more public and emboldened to take their extremism offline and into the real world, manifested by their recent march down the National Mall in Washington, D.C. They have played a central role in the sudden and significant increase in white supremacist propaganda incidents over the past three years.

More recently, men from the street-brawling hate group Proud Boys have begun appearing at Democratic campaign rallies to harass people—notably at events for Bernie Sanders in particular, at which the extremists have harassed Sanders and his supporters as “socialists” and “communists.” At one event in Denver, the Proud Boys entered the rally making the white nationalist “OK” hand signal. At a Sanders event in Tacoma, Washington, Proud Boys managed to sneak into a secure media area and wave Trump flags while wearing red MAGA hats.

Proud Boys have also been making their presence felt at Trump campaign rallies, including a recent event in Colorado. “We are aligned with Trump in that we believe in America First,” said one Proud Boy. “There’s an America First agenda. And ‘America’ means everybody that’s here in America. We’re sick of people dividing each other across lines of race and ethnicity.”

Republished with permission from Daily Kos.

LIVE: Portland Antifa Vs Proud Boys

The Portland Police have declared the protest a civil disturbance and are ordering all protesters to disband or they'll be subject to arrest and nonlethal measures.


The person providing  the commentary is an idiot who believes that rule of law and government are unnecessary.   Yet, if it wasn't for those protections provided by the government (The First Amendment) he wouldn't be able to freely voice his opinions.