There are all kinds of extremist groups out in the streets.

There are gunmen standing outside ballot boxes where people are voting right now as we speak.

Intiminating people, harassing people.

This is where rhetoric goes too far and where we have to pull that back in and say this isn't okay.

They're here, they're proud of it. It's the proud boys. So who are the proud boys?

Many of you will have heard of them and might know them as the right-wing

neo-fascist group in the US that only allows in men and engages in political

violence. Designated a terrorist group in Canada and New Zealand they are known for the vehement support of former President Donald

Trump.

The group is led by Canadian writer and far-right political commentator Gavin McKinis, who was also the founder of Vice Media, which

is surprising I suppose because Vice has often positioned itself as edgy and left-wing, but a closer look reveals that isn't typically the case.

They've done some great journalism over the years, but they're often just annoying and

hipster regardless of where they stand on the political spectrum.

The only thread I see in Vice Media is how they look down on just about everyone.

Anyway, McKinis brought that hipster vibe long known as a lefty fashion statement to the right.

So you see all these marching angry racists with hipster beards and attire.

Now this being a podcast of curiosity over judgment. with hipster beards and attire.

Now this being a podcast of curiosity over judgment,

I should note that not all of their members

are necessarily racist or misogynist or anything else.

What they're best known for is their involvement

in the January 6th capital attacks,

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