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

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

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Unvaccinated terror: Proud Boys push the anti-vaccination movement into a violent threat
The violent, fascist energy of January 6 didn't just disappear


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



By Amanda Marcotte Published August 19, 2021 1:10PM (EDT)



Advocates against vaccine mandates protest in front of City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on August 14, 2021. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)


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 ...............................


As Kelly Weill of The Daily Beast reported last week, before the violent clash in Los Angeles, "members of the far-right paramilitary group the Proud Boys have attended contentious school board meetings about masking in Florida and New Hampshire." It's a real-life example of outside agitators, as Weill explained on the "Fever Dreams" podcast. "I do understand the value of public meetings," but Weill added, "there should be some sort of 'I have a child in this district' threshold before you show up in a paramilitary group uniform.".................................


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[keithbvadu2]

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

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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

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video with his new violence bat..

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[tanyev]

2. How many of them are secretly vaccinated?

Seems like their ranks should be thinning out quite a bit with all that activity.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Regeneron stock is now at nearly an all-time high

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[tanyev]

4. It was interesting that Abbott said he had no symptoms and that he was getting

Regeneron treatments. Practically a commercial for Regeneron. Seems like he and DeSantis are locked in a one-upmanship battle.

[bottomofthehill]

5. The proud boys drink each other's piss

That’s about all I have to say about them.

[Corgigal]

6. Poor kid.

Doesn’t stand a chance.

[The Roux Comes First]

7. Seems Like An Excellent Opportunity to Go Back and Review The Basic Rules of Grammar and

Standard English usage. It could come in handy should he be interested in discussing parole, for example.

Or maybe just a little self-evaluation, slightly more than naval-gazing?

He seems to have the time.