#Proud Boys Takes Over Twitter

Proud Boys were not happy when the gays overtook the hashtag #proudboys and made it gay gay gay (CNN)

“The Proud Boys recently made headlines by celebrating President Trump’s reply at last week’s debate, when he was asked to condemn White supremacists. The President instead used his allotted time to blame what he called “antifa and the left” for violence and to tell the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by.”
Trump's debate callout bolsters far-right Proud Boys
Trump’s debate callout bolsters far-right Proud Boys

But now the gay men of Twitter are making the group’s hashtag known for entirely different reasons.”

— CNN

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Unintended consequences of the President’s refusal to denounce white supremacy. Hopefully this is emblematic of a larger societal rejection of the acceptance white supremacists have enjoyed for the last four years in America. I suppose we won't really know until after November 4th. But let’s hope.