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Kowani wrote:After being declared a terrorist group, Canadian Proud Boys to dissolve

People in Canada sporting Fred Perry polos or official Proud Boys insignia “are simply posers,” the far-right group said in a statement announcing that its Canadian faction is disbanding.

“There is officially no longer any Proud Boys in Canada, it’s officially dissolved,” Proud Boys Canada said Sunday on Telegram.

The Proud Boys is a white nationalist men’s group that was founded in 2016 by Canadian Gavin McInnes, who also co-founded Vice Media in the ‘90s. The Southern Poverty Law Center declared the Proud Boys a hate group for its misogynistic, Islamophobic, transphobic, and anti-immigration ideology. Several of the group’s members have been arrested and charged in connection with the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol in January.

In February, Canada designated the Proud Boys a terrorist organization.

“In the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, we’ve seen an escalation in support that signals an escalation towards violence, for a number of different groups, including the Proud Boys,” the country’s Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said at a news conference in February. Proud Boys Canada said in a statement that its members are “not terrorists or a white supremacy group,” but rather, “regular patriotic Canadians.”

“As a fraternity of men we had thought of [pursuing] the case legally but we have no financial support, given we are not funded by the rich,” the group said.

The U.S. Proud Boys said in a separate statement of their Canadian counterpart’s decision: “Their livelihoods and that of their future generations must come first. Fighting [the terror designation] in court will prove to be expensive and time consuming, Time that must be taken away from raising their children and loving their wives. They will continue to fight for western values...but now...as individuals.”

Kowani wrote:After being declared a terrorist group, Canadian Proud Boys to dissolve

People in Canada sporting Fred Perry polos or official Proud Boys insignia “are simply posers,” the far-right group said in a statement announcing that its Canadian faction is disbanding.

“There is officially no longer any Proud Boys in Canada, it’s officially dissolved,” Proud Boys Canada said Sunday on Telegram.

The Proud Boys is a white nationalist men’s group that was founded in 2016 by Canadian Gavin McInnes, who also co-founded Vice Media in the ‘90s. The Southern Poverty Law Center declared the Proud Boys a hate group for its misogynistic, Islamophobic, transphobic, and anti-immigration ideology. Several of the group’s members have been arrested and charged in connection with the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol in January.

In February, Canada designated the Proud Boys a terrorist organization.

“In the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, we’ve seen an escalation in support that signals an escalation towards violence, for a number of different groups, including the Proud Boys,” the country’s Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said at a news conference in February. Proud Boys Canada said in a statement that its members are “not terrorists or a white supremacy group,” but rather, “regular patriotic Canadians.”

“As a fraternity of men we had thought of [pursuing] the case legally but we have no financial support, given we are not funded by the rich,” the group said.

The U.S. Proud Boys said in a separate statement of their Canadian counterpart’s decision: “Their livelihoods and that of their future generations must come first. Fighting [the terror designation] in court will prove to be expensive and time consuming, Time that must be taken away from raising their children and loving their wives. They will continue to fight for western values...but now...as individuals.”

Kowani wrote:After being declared a terrorist group, Canadian Proud Boys to dissolve

People in Canada sporting Fred Perry polos or official Proud Boys insignia “are simply posers,” the far-right group said in a statement announcing that its Canadian faction is disbanding.

“There is officially no longer any Proud Boys in Canada, it’s officially dissolved,” Proud Boys Canada said Sunday on Telegram.

The Proud Boys is a white nationalist men’s group that was founded in 2016 by Canadian Gavin McInnes, who also co-founded Vice Media in the ‘90s. The Southern Poverty Law Center declared the Proud Boys a hate group for its misogynistic, Islamophobic, transphobic, and anti-immigration ideology. Several of the group’s members have been arrested and charged in connection with the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol in January.

In February, Canada designated the Proud Boys a terrorist organization.

“In the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, we’ve seen an escalation in support that signals an escalation towards violence, for a number of different groups, including the Proud Boys,” the country’s Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said at a news conference in February. Proud Boys Canada said in a statement that its members are “not terrorists or a white supremacy group,” but rather, “regular patriotic Canadians.”

“As a fraternity of men we had thought of [pursuing] the case legally but we have no financial support, given we are not funded by the rich,” the group said.

The U.S. Proud Boys said in a separate statement of their Canadian counterpart’s decision: “Their livelihoods and that of their future generations must come first. Fighting [the terror designation] in court will prove to be expensive and time consuming, Time that must be taken away from raising their children and loving their wives. They will continue to fight for western values...but now...as individuals.”

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:

Kowani wrote:After being declared a terrorist group, Canadian Proud Boys to dissolve

People in Canada sporting Fred Perry polos or official Proud Boys insignia “are simply posers,” the far-right group said in a statement announcing that its Canadian faction is disbanding.

“There is officially no longer any Proud Boys in Canada, it’s officially dissolved,” Proud Boys Canada said Sunday on Telegram.

The Proud Boys is a white nationalist men’s group that was founded in 2016 by Canadian Gavin McInnes, who also co-founded Vice Media in the ‘90s. The Southern Poverty Law Center declared the Proud Boys a hate group for its misogynistic, Islamophobic, transphobic, and anti-immigration ideology. Several of the group’s members have been arrested and charged in connection with the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol in January.

In February, Canada designated the Proud Boys a terrorist organization.

“In the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, we’ve seen an escalation in support that signals an escalation towards violence, for a number of different groups, including the Proud Boys,” the country’s Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said at a news conference in February. Proud Boys Canada said in a statement that its members are “not terrorists or a white supremacy group,” but rather, “regular patriotic Canadians.”

“As a fraternity of men we had thought of [pursuing] the case legally but we have no financial support, given we are not funded by the rich,” the group said.

The U.S. Proud Boys said in a separate statement of their Canadian counterpart’s decision: “Their livelihoods and that of their future generations must come first. Fighting [the terror designation] in court will prove to be expensive and time consuming, Time that must be taken away from raising their children and loving their wives. They will continue to fight for western values...but now...as individuals.”

Canadian terrorists are apparently so polite that when the government calls them terrorists they immediately disband.

But this is great news.

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:

Kowani wrote:After being declared a terrorist group, Canadian Proud Boys to dissolve

People in Canada sporting Fred Perry polos or official Proud Boys insignia “are simply posers,” the far-right group said in a statement announcing that its Canadian faction is disbanding.

“There is officially no longer any Proud Boys in Canada, it’s officially dissolved,” Proud Boys Canada said Sunday on Telegram.

The Proud Boys is a white nationalist men’s group that was founded in 2016 by Canadian Gavin McInnes, who also co-founded Vice Media in the ‘90s. The Southern Poverty Law Center declared the Proud Boys a hate group for its misogynistic, Islamophobic, transphobic, and anti-immigration ideology. Several of the group’s members have been arrested and charged in connection with the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol in January.

In February, Canada designated the Proud Boys a terrorist organization.

“In the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, we’ve seen an escalation in support that signals an escalation towards violence, for a number of different groups, including the Proud Boys,” the country’s Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said at a news conference in February. Proud Boys Canada said in a statement that its members are “not terrorists or a white supremacy group,” but rather, “regular patriotic Canadians.”

“As a fraternity of men we had thought of [pursuing] the case legally but we have no financial support, given we are not funded by the rich,” the group said.

The U.S. Proud Boys said in a separate statement of their Canadian counterpart’s decision: “Their livelihoods and that of their future generations must come first. Fighting [the terror designation] in court will prove to be expensive and time consuming, Time that must be taken away from raising their children and loving their wives. They will continue to fight for western values...but now...as individuals.”

Canadian terrorists are apparently so polite that when the government calls them terrorists they immediately disband.

But this is great news.

Luziyca wrote:

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:Canadian terrorists are apparently so polite that when the government calls them terrorists they immediately disband.

But this is great news.

I'm almost certain that many of the ex-Proud Boys will form a new group under a different name, and we'll probably be playing whack-a-mole as they reveal themselves.

Still I like your description (bolded).

Peoples Republic of Xabia wrote:In what way are the Proud Boys terrorists or right-wing extremists?

Shrillland wrote:Now that it's getting serious, Parliament agrees to legal review of Bill C-10

J.J. McCullogh's Youtube page did something about this, and it is excessive, I'm not going to lie. The crux of the bill is that streaming and social media, because Youtube and Facebook Watch and the like will be considered streaming, will be placed under the oversight of the CRTC. And the Liberals seem to be in favour of putting the squeeze on content creators as well as the big streaming studios if what Guilbeault said on CTV last week is true.

Dresderstan wrote:

Shrillland wrote:Now that it's getting serious, Parliament agrees to legal review of Bill C-10

J.J. McCullogh's Youtube page did something about this, and it is excessive, I'm not going to lie. The crux of the bill is that streaming and social media, because Youtube and Facebook Watch and the like will be considered streaming, will be placed under the oversight of the CRTC. And the Liberals seem to be in favour of putting the squeeze on content creators as well as the big streaming studios if what Guilbeault said on CTV last week is true.

That's.... absolutely terrible for Canadian content creators. And yet I can very well see this passing as a result... fuck.

Luziyca wrote:The Minister did backtrack and said that "social media users will never be regulated" by that bill.

Shrillland wrote:Now that it's getting serious, Parliament agrees to legal review of Bill C-10

J.J. McCullogh's Youtube page did something about this, and it is excessive, I'm not going to lie. The crux of the bill is that streaming and social media, because Youtube and Facebook Watch and the like will be considered streaming, will be placed under the oversight of the CRTC. And the Liberals seem to be in favour of putting the squeeze on content creators as well as the big streaming studios if what Guilbeault said on CTV last week is true.

Arisyan wrote:

Shrillland wrote:Now that it's getting serious, Parliament agrees to legal review of Bill C-10

J.J. McCullogh's Youtube page did something about this, and it is excessive, I'm not going to lie. The crux of the bill is that streaming and social media, because Youtube and Facebook Watch and the like will be considered streaming, will be placed under the oversight of the CRTC. And the Liberals seem to be in favour of putting the squeeze on content creators as well as the big streaming studios if what Guilbeault said on CTV last week is true.

f*ck. This is not good. I pray, pray that the NDP and Bloc vote against. Hopefully this NDP will vote against, but the Bloc? Well, they've always been the wildcard. Who knows what they'll do.

Shrillland wrote:Quebec proposing Bill 96, which would include a provincial amendment to the federal constitution declaring Quebec a nation within the confederation and declaring that French is the only official language of the province

Basically, Bill 101 on steroids, and Trudeau says they have the right to do it, which is technically true, provincial amendments only require the province in question and a simple majority in both federal houses.

Luziyca wrote:

Dresderstan wrote:That's.... absolutely terrible for Canadian content creators. And yet I can very well see this passing as a result... fuck.

The Minister did backtrack and said that "social media users will never be regulated" by that bill.

Anyway, Jagmeet Singh said that there is a link between anti-maskers and far-right extremism, which given the Canadian Nationalist Party flag was flown at an anti-mask rally here in Saskatoon on Sunday... I am inclined to agree with Singh that some sort of connection does exist.

Peoples Republic of Xabia wrote:

Luziyca wrote:The Minister did backtrack and said that "social media users will never be regulated" by that bill.

Anyway, Jagmeet Singh said that there is a link between anti-maskers and far-right extremism, which given the Canadian Nationalist Party flag was flown at an anti-mask rally here in Saskatoon on Sunday... I am inclined to agree with Singh that some sort of connection does exist.

If I flew a swastika and had an Annamie Paul campaign sign in my front yard, would you come to the same sort of conclusion?

Peoples Republic of Xabia wrote:If I flew a swastika and had an Annamie Paul campaign sign in my front yard, would you come to the same sort of conclusion?

Arisyan wrote:I mean, the Quebecois government is basically committing a cultural genocide at this point, and the federal government seems keen on letting them do so.

Slavuja wrote:

Peoples Republic of Xabia wrote:If I flew a swastika and had an Annamie Paul campaign sign in my front yard, would you come to the same sort of conclusion?

^ Epic ideology
But then again I think the argument is that the far right and anti maskers agree on certain topics

Shrillland wrote:Quebec proposing Bill 96, which would include a provincial amendment to the federal constitution declaring Quebec a nation within the confederation and declaring that French is the only official language of the province

Basically, Bill 101 on steroids, and Trudeau says they have the right to do it, which is technically true, provincial amendments only require the province in question and a simple majority in both federal houses.

Saint-Thor wrote:

Shrillland wrote:Quebec proposing Bill 96, which would include a provincial amendment to the federal constitution declaring Quebec a nation within the confederation and declaring that French is the only official language of the province

Basically, Bill 101 on steroids, and Trudeau says they have the right to do it, which is technically true, provincial amendments only require the province in question and a simple majority in both federal houses.

How is it Bill 101 on steroids? People wish they had this one instead. Québec is far from having a very restrictive language law.