USA: An encounter with the Proud Boys
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The Times
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🗓️ 13 October 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The Proud Boys came to international attention when President Donald Trump told them to “stand back and stand by” during the first presidential debate. But who are they and what do they believe in?
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| 0:00.0 | You're about to listen to an edition of Stories of Our Times. |
| 0:03.6 | Just a quick warning, this episode does contain some strong language. |
| 0:08.0 | I am a proud Western show-letter! I am a proud Western chauvinist who refuses to apologize for creating the modern world. |
| 0:21.0 | The words of the loyalty oath of the Proud Boys, an all-male political group |
| 0:27.3 | founded in 2016. |
| 0:30.3 | During the first presidential debate, Donald Trump told the men who take this oath to |
| 0:35.3 | stand back and stand by. |
| 0:37.8 | So who are the so-called Proud Boys? What are they so proud of and what are they |
| 0:47.2 | standing by for? You're listening to stories of our times and the Times and the |
| 0:51.9 | Sunday Times. I am David de Ronavish. |
| 0:55.0 | Today, an encounter with a Patriot problem. |
| 1:09.0 | We're a drinking club with a Patriot problem. |
| 1:11.0 | That's proud boys, I think our main objective is to defend the West. |
| 1:14.3 | The Proud Boys are an all-male right-wing extremist group known for anti-Muslim and misogynistic rhetoric and for |
| 1:25.2 | inciting street violence. They were founded in 2016 by Gavin McInnis, a co-founder |
| 1:31.0 | of Vice Media who has since left the group. |
| 1:34.0 | The Southern Poverty Law Center designates the Proud Boys as a hate group. |
| 1:38.0 | McInus denies his group is racist and likens it to the Knights of Columbus and the Shriners. |
| 1:43.0 | McInnis himself is a well-known provocative right-wing commentator. |
| 1:47.0 | He's been called out as anti-Semitic, |
| 1:49.0 | and he's posted a video listing 10 things he hates about Jews. |
| 1:54.6 | The Jewish Anti-Defamation League, which monitors hate groups, has said that while the |
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