Unvaccinated terror: Proud Boys push the anti-vaccination movement into a violent threat

[Nevilledog]

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Amanda Marcotte
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The fascist movement that is organized around the Big Lie appears to be reorienting a lot of its attention to a new cause: Terrorizing people who are trying to end the pandemic.

Unvaccinated terror: Proud Boys push the anti-vaccination movement into a violent threat
The violent, fascist energy of January 6 didn't just disappear
salon.com
10:16 AM · Aug 19, 2021

https://www.salon.com/2021/08/19/unvaccinated-terror-proud-boys-push-the-anti-vaccination-movement-into-a-violent-threat/

After the January 6 insurrection at the U.S Capitol, domestic terrorism experts were worried about the potential for more violence. And for good reason. The violence that day and the night before was instigated by Donald Trump and his allies were still continuing to not just push the Big Lie, but float prophetic claims about a miraculous Trump reinstatement in August. Failed prophecies can often trigger anger and more eagerness towards violence. I doubt that hope was far from Trump's mind as he continued to hype his conspiracy theories.

But as the summer wears on, it seems that at least some of the violent, fascist anger that Trump has been stoking for years is now being aimed in a new direction: people who are trying to limit the spread of COVID-19.

The anti-vaccine movement (or, as it really should be known, the pro-COVID movement ) appears to be getting increasingly nasty and violent. Worse yet, the same groups of people, specifically the Proud Boys, a right-wing group who fueled the violence in D.C., are now turning their attentions towards undermining any effort to mitigate people's risks of getting sick

The news was eclipsed by the end of the war in Afghanistan over the weekend, but on Saturday, an anti-vaccination protest in Los Angeles turned violent as anti-vaxxers physically assaulted journalists and got into brawls with the pro-vaccine demonstrators. One man was stabbed and his assailant has not yet been apprehended. Tina Desiree Berg, a left-wing journalist, was attacked by anti-maskers in a violent outburst that was captured in a photograph for the Los Angeles Times. Video footage and photographs captured the attacks on journalists:

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[dalton99a]

1. These domestic terrorists are supported by the Republican Party.

[Champp]

3. Yes, Republicans bear full responsibility

for the Prideful Little Boys (R) and their privileged tantrums, for thousands of needless deaths from COVID, for public confusion, and for all the evil lies they have spouted so maliciously.

[Midnight Writer]

4. Yep, if not for the GOP these would just be lone cranks crying in the wilderness.

Now they are a "political movement".

[Initech]

5. As I've said before:

I used to wonder how groups like Al Qaeda and the Taliban got started, but watching the rise of the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and III %ers, I wonder no more. We have actual home grown terrorists right here, and it's going to get worse.

[tanyev]

7. Ditto.

I couldn’t understand how on earth regular Germans supported Hitler, but I see it now.

[bdamomma]

10. They need to

be all arrested. Scared of DIVERSITY. wtf!! Sickening we are seeing societal decline.

[lindysalsagal]

2. They've lost their beloved mouthpiece: TFG. They're pissed. Too bad.

[ananda]

6. I'm more worried about the GOP and the packed courts.

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[keithbvadu2]

8. Proud boys are so tough when intimidating women and children with their guns and weapons.

Proud boys are so tough when intimidating women and children with their guns and weapons.

Tough guy in prison

Proud Boys’ leader Joe Biggs, who organized and led the PBs on Jan 6 with Ethan Nordean, just issued a statement from his jail cell complaining about how bad it is.

Part 1...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E68LL4nWQAEBZ03?format=jpg&name=small

Part 2...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E68P7oiXMAUwzxO?format=jpg&name=small

video with his new violence bat...

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[bdamomma]

11. Biggs

you're not too smart are you, reap the crap you sowed.

[Progressive Jones]

9. Boo Hoo, Biggs. That's what happens to traitors. Quit whining, you piece of trash. nt