What is the “Proud Boys”?
A: It is an American far-right, neo-fascist, and exclusively male
organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United
States.
The group originated in the far-right Taki's Magazine
in 2016 under the leadership of whom?
A: Vice Media co-founder and former commentator Gavin McInnes.
Where did it get its name?
A: It took its name from the song "Proud of Your Boy" from the
2011 Disney
musical Aladdin.
McInnes distanced himself from this movement in early
2017, saying what?
A: The Proud Boys were alt-lite while the alt-right's focus was on race.
The re-branding effort intensified following what?
A: The white supremacist Unite the Right rally.
Enrique Tarrio has been the chairman of the Proud Boys
since when?
A: Late 2018.
According to a former federal prosecutor and the
transcripts of a 2014 federal court proceeding, Tarrio had previously served
as what?
A: An informant to both federal and local law enforcement.
According to Samantha Kutner of the International
Centre for Counter-Terrorism, what does the group believe?
A: That men and Western culture are under siege.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has called the
group a what?
A: An "alt-right fight club" that uses rhetorical devices to obscure its
actual motives.
The organization has been described as a what by NPR's
The Takeaway and the SPLC?
A: Hate Group.
The group has been banned from numerous what?
A: Social networks, including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and YouTube.
On February 3, 2021, the United States Justice
Department announced the indictment of members for conspiracy related to
what?
A: The 2021 United States Capitol attack.
The Canadian arm of the group folded after being
officially designated a what on the same day?
A: A terrorist organization.
Since then, how many Proud Boys members and affiliates
have been indicted for their alleged roles in the insurrection?
A: At least two dozen.
When was the organization subpoenaed by the House
Select Committee on the January 6 Attack?
A: In November 2021.
In the song, the character Aladdin apologizes to his
mother for being a bad son and promises to do what?
A: Make her proud.
McInnes interprets it as what?
A: Aladdin apologizing for being a boy.
He first heard it while attending what?
A: His daughter's school music recital.
The song's "fake, humble, and self-serving" lyrics
became a running theme on his what?
A: His podcast.
McInnes said it was the most annoying song in the world
but that he could not what?
A: Get enough of it.
In October 2019, members of the Denver chapter of the
Proud Boys marched with whom?
A: Members of the Patriot Front and former members of the neo-Nazi
Traditionalist Worker Party.
The organization glorifies political violence against
who?
A: Antifa and leftists.
The Proud Boys re-enact political assassinations,
wearing shirts that praise Augusto Pinochet's
murders of leftists and
participating directly in what?
A: Political violence.
The organization is opposed to feminism and promotes
gender stereotypes in which women are what?
A: Subservient to men.
The organization has a female-member-only auxiliary
wing named what?
A: "Proud Boys' Girls" that supports the same ideology.