They say they must exist as a politically right counter to the anti-fascist people in Antifa. They like to carry weapons where other people will see them. However, many people and groups inside their group do support fascism and other ideas like fascism. The Proud Boys say that they are not racist and say they do not like white supremacy, racism, violence or fascism. The Proud Boys have shown up to Black Lives Matter protests. In 2019, some Proud Boys were arrested in New York for physically attacking members of Antifa, an anti-fascist group. A woman named Heather Heyer was killed when a right-winger drove his car into a crowd. There, the Proud Boys joined Neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan to say they did not want a statue of Robert E. In 2017, Proud Boy Jason Kessler helped organize the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Proud Boys like to show up to places where liberal organizations are protesting to counter-protest and fight. Morgan Chase and Paypal all stopped processing payments from the Proud Boys' online store. Īs of 2020, Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites do not allow Proud Boys to post. The Southern Poverty Law Center says they are a hate group. The United States FBI says they are an extremist group. Īccording to the Anti-Defamation League, the Proud Boys hate women, Muslims, transmen and transwomen, and immigrants. Experts disagree and say they are racist, are alt-right and do support white supremacy and violence.

They call themselves 'western chauvinists,' meaning they think western civilization is the best, and they say they are not racist, are not alt-right and do not support white supremacy or fascism or violence. The Proud Boys only allow men to join, so there are no women.

A Canadian-British man called Gavin McInnes started the group because he hoped Donald Trump would win the 2016 United States presidential election. They do most of their things in the United States. The Proud Boys are a twenty-first century alt-right organization.

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