Half of what you just said is irrelevant Greg. The assault was due to Antifa. They just didn't get charged since they were hiding their identifies and hid from police. Where as the Proud Boys respect the police. Their motto use to be "We don't start fights, but we'll end them"
No they were not at unite the right one member was an organizer, count with me, one and it wasn't in any Proud Boy capacity. That guy also attended the Occupy Wallstreet protests so his membership is kinda irrelevant. The group disavowed anyone that attended the rally. But you wouldn't know since all the news about the event ran with the same story. Also convenient that they aren't on any social media platform that these claims can be fact checked.
Some highlights from their website after Charlottesville..
“….But why can’t I have white pride? What’s wrong with being white?” You boring, inbred, ****s… nothing. Same as what’s wrong with being black…. nothing. We don’t stand up against hate groups like Black Lives Matter cause they’re black, we’re against them cause
they’re hate groups. As of yesterday, it looks like some people were just jealous it was a hate group that didn’t include them.
“….But I’m not even a Nazi”. No ****, huh? I’ll bet your straight too, but hang out in gay bars wearing hot pants, huh? Funny thing is when you’re not a Nazi you tend not to be wandering around the south holding torches with David **** Duke. You tend not to be creaming about your white pride. You tend not to be endorsing actual NAZIS. So forgive us simple folk who don’t see the subtitle nuance of your politics in that scenario.
“…but the left is worse”. Not anymore. You handed them, on a silver platter, the cartoonish villain they made free market conservatives, libertarians, and normal republican voters out to be. The lie became real. The people at “UTR” were the lefts clowns and used as puppets by white nationalists obsessed with the racial identity politics we’ve been speaking against from day one. AntiFa vs. the Alt-Right were segregationists against segregationists. The proud boys are saying “we’re against segregation! We’re all westerners. Let the best ideas win”.
Mmmm he looks just like the Antifa nutters hitting people over the head with bikelocks? By the way this statement is a lie. They are not the defense arm of the Proud Boys. They don't need one since that is not their goal. Again unlike Antifa who do in fact have armed wings.
Being banned from Facebook, Twitter is irrelevant as we all know. They capitulate to whatever the outrage mob demands.
Oh Fred Perry was worried about his brand? Sure that proofs everything. He's probably less aware of what the PB are than some of the small brains here.
So no not at all white supremacists, but normal people won't know since they just read that and believe that. So besides having many interracial couples in their group, different religions and ethnicities I'm not sure what more proof is needed. Oh and here is one of their role-models for a few years ago.
" I think we can all agree in saying: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, we are Proud of You Girl! "