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sl8

(16,245 posts) Sun Oct 4, 2020, 03:08 PM Oct 2020

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Gay men have taken over the Proud Boys Twitter hashtag

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/04/us/proud-boys-twitter-hashtag-gay-men-trnd/index.html

Gay men have taken over the Proud Boys Twitter hashtag

By Alaa Elassar, CNN
Updated 3:22 PM ET, Sun October 4, 2020

(CNN) The Proud Boys hashtag, which members of the far-right group have been using, was trending Sunday after gay men on Twitter hijacked it and flooded the feed with photos of their loved ones and families and with memes.

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."

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Gay men have taken over the Proud Boys Twitter hashtag (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2020 OP

Bwah! Blue Owl Oct 2020 #1

Yes! FM123 Oct 2020 #2

Thanks for that. n/t sl8 Oct 2020 #3

I love it! kimbutgar Oct 2020 #4

I love this. LOL. n/t Laelth Oct 2020 #5

Love it! CrispyQ Oct 2020 #6

This is the one I shared on fb earlier today. I love this one. ms liberty Oct 2020 #8

I suspect that many of the actual Proud Boys are cosplayers pitifully hiding their true nature. Midnight Writer Oct 2020 #7

Incels need reinforcement from other incels central scrutinizer Oct 2020 #9

Blue Owl

(54,589 posts)

1. Bwah!

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 03:10 PM

Oct 2020

FM123

(10,119 posts)

2. Yes!

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 03:13 PM

Oct 2020

I knew it was going to fantastic after Takei tweeted....

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sl8

(16,245 posts)

3. Thanks for that. n/t

Reply to FM123 (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 03:14 PM

Oct 2020

kimbutgar

(23,155 posts)

4. I love it!

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 03:15 PM

Oct 2020

The militia proud boys are going to be embarrassed if someone asks them are you a gay proud boy?

Laelth

(32,017 posts)

5. I love this. LOL. n/t

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 03:16 PM

Oct 2020

-Laelth

CrispyQ

(38,105 posts)

6. Love it!

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 03:18 PM

Oct 2020

Stolen from FB:

ms liberty

(9,796 posts)

8. This is the one I shared on fb earlier today. I love this one.

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 03:25 PM

Oct 2020

And George Takei just rocks for coming up with this idea.

Midnight Writer

(22,939 posts)

7. I suspect that many of the actual Proud Boys are cosplayers pitifully hiding their true nature.

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 03:18 PM

Oct 2020

central scrutinizer

(12,439 posts)

9. Incels need reinforcement from other incels

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #7)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 04:03 PM

Oct 2020

Snowflakes

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