Gay Men Hijack 'Proud Boys' Hashtag In Powerful Social Media Campaign
Source: huff post
QUEER VOICES 10/05/2020 02:40 am ET
These new-version Proud Boys are standing bi, quipped one wag.
Gay men launched a savvy campaign over the weekend to appropriate the hashtag of the white supremacist Proud Boys with a tsunami of touching images and messages on social media.
The love resistance movement sent Proud Boys zooming into the trending stratosphere.
But the posts werent riddled with the disturbing images and hate-spewing messages by the group Donald Trump told to stand by after he was asked to condemn white supremacists at last weeks presidential debate. (He finally renounced the Proud Boys days later after a mounting backlash.)
Instead, these Proud Boys Twitter posts were filled with photos of embraces and wedding scenes, and expressions of love.
In honor of the campaign, the official Twitter account of the Canadian Armed Forces in the U.S. posted an image of a serviceman kissing his partner with emojis of Canadas flag, the rainbow flag and the rehabbed Proud Boys hashtag. Love is love, piped up the Royal Canadian Navy.
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mahatmakanejeeves
(57,647 posts)The Proud Boys were emboldened by Trumps words. Then, LGBTQ couples reclaimed the groups hashtag. #proudboys
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Such a lovely collection of images...Never before published images of men in love between 1850 and 1950 http://wapo.st/3ibP4LE
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WOW! Thank you
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for the article on our book! Perspective | Never before published images of men in love between 1850 and 1950
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Never before published images of men in love between 1850 and 1950
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riversedge
(70,322 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,481 posts)ihas2stinkyfeet
(1,400 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)They might be prouder of a more appropriate name: Hitler Youth, Part DUH.
chowder66
(9,086 posts)at the very least they could say formerly known as Proud Boys, otherwise has 'Proud Boys' really been reclaimed?
world wide wally
(21,755 posts)IronLionZion
(45,544 posts)Hekate
(90,842 posts)Humor and love will win
pat_k
(9,313 posts)They are white terrorists and that is the label we need to start using. White supremist is not strong enough.
Their goal is to terrorize POC and other anti-racists. Plain and simple. They are terrorists.
P.S. Love the hijack of the hashtag!!