Increased media attention to the "boogaloo"

[Drinkthekoolaid]

I wasn't sure what the best forum to post this would be. It seems like it's getting political so I'll put it here, feel free to move it as needed.


Ok,

Has anyone else noticed a sudden and repeated effort by the media to begin a coordinated effort to label the "boogaloo supporters" as far right wing white supremacists trying to start a civil war?

Just within the past week completely out of nowhere the boogaloo went from being an internet meme to hate expression that needs to be investigated by the alphabet Bois.

Seriously in the middle of the riots instead of focusing on antifa they are trying to obfuscate and link the chaos to the boogaloo.

Seriously I think the media is trying to stop people from even talking about building a big igloo.

Has anyone else noticed this?

I might be wearing a tin foil hat but it seems to be their new flavor of the week to try to control or intimidate the right.

No way this isn't part of a media agenda. 2 weeks ago they didn't even know what this was and now this week it's worse than antifa. Wtf

Here are just a few random headlines.

2 affiliated with 'boogaloo' extremist group charged with inciting a riot: SC sheriff

A county sheriff says two members of the “boogaloo” extremist group have been charged with inciting a riot at a May 30 George Floyd protest in a South Carolina city.

www.foxnews.com

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article243267781.html

Three men connected to 'boogaloo' movement tried to provoke violence at protests, feds say

NBC News reported last weekend that members of the "Boogaloo" movement were seen at protests in states including Minnesota and Texas, as well as in Philadelphia.

www.nbcnews.com

3 self-proclaimed members of the far-right 'boogaloo' movement were arrested on domestic terrorism charges for trying to spark violence during protests

According to a June 2 filing, the men discussed "causing an incident to incite chaos and possibly a riot" in response to George Floyd's death.

www.businessinsider.com

Who are the Boogaloo Bois and what do they want? - Lexington County Chronicle

Charles Manson and his followers called it "helter skelter" in the 1960s and 70s, Their aim was to foment a racial civil war in America. Law enforcement sources say the Boogaloo Bois are a …

www.lexingtonchronicle.com

In a bizarre twist, right-wing extremists are wearing aloha shirts at protests

A strange and disturbing new trend has emerged involving aloha shirts at Black Lives Matter protests.

www.hawaiinewsnow.com

Who are the Boogaloo Bois? A man who shot up a Minneapolis police precinct was associated with the extremist movement, according to unsealed documents

White men wearing Hawaiian shirts and wielding rifles keep showing up at police brutality protests in the US. Here's what to know about Boogaloo Bois.

www.insider.com

 

[spat]

You are not wrong.

I'm not sure if it's intentional, or it's just the structure of the MSM where there are so few original thoughts, and once they see one they all just repeat it like parrots.

I also think it's hilarious that they call it a "movement".

As if there are people actively promoting it.

 

[kev74]

The "good guys" according to the media are burning, looting and rioting. They need a foil to counteract their chaos.

Its like pro wresteling. They wouldn't have been able to make Hulk Hogan into the super-Murica-good guy if they didn't have Iron Sheik to make him look better by comparison.

 

[MothMan]

I’ve noticed and the hate on Hawaiian shirt thing has gotta stop!

 

[STS556]

I wonder what Fluffy has to say about this.

 

[GOPerfect]

Boogaloo originated in New York City mainly among teenage Hispanic and Latino Americans. The style was a fusion of popular African American rhythm and blues (R&B) and soul music with mambo and son montuno, with songs in both English and Spanish.

 

[GOPerfect]

You are being redirected...

 

[E the massive]

Didn't this just happen with the OK sign and the frog?

 

[spat]

Didn't this just happen with the OK sign and the frog?

We *really* need to adopt the rainbow flag.

It will drive them bat shit crazy if they have to stop using that one.

 

[BDinPutnam]

For work, historically, I have been a suit.

Obviously, for a while now that has not been the case.

Tomorrow will be the first time it will be warm enough on a Tuesday for me to wear a tropical shirt for our weekly departmental Zoom meeting...

...and hilarity ensues, I'm sure. One way or the other (my group is fairly "woke" but a good group of folks who will likely just laugh at the irony of me working in a Hawaiian shirt).

Course I may throw on a Hornady camo ball cap.

 

[redtail]

Honk

 

[redtail]

Didn't this just happen with the OK sign and the frog?

And Old Glory .
Take a knee is the latest test to see just how far it can go.

 

[Duke]

They look good on fat guys....

 

[redtail]

They look good on fat guys.... View attachment 75461

Thank you

 

[phatfarmerbob]

Haha my son has worn a Hawaiian shirt for his school picture since 2nd grade. Wife actually bought kids small through men’s medium so he could always have the same one

 

[BDinPutnam]

My go to guys though I haven't bought any in a long time and they were at one point not in operation.

Tropical Shirts and clothes | Mad Gringo

www.madgringo.com

Shirts are very high quality.

 

[libertysnake]

Really? Hawaiian shirts are racist now? By that metric, food network might as well be the third-Reich news network.

 

[kev74]

Really? Hawaiian shirts are racist now? By that metric, food network might as well be the third-Reich news network.

That's a party shirt, not an aloha shirt.

Big difference!

 

[ManrisFrack]

Anyone can buy an aloha shirt and some patches.

Whether these 5 guys are righty nutjobs or just acting the part, the media is all too eager to deflect the blame from their team. Kinda surprised it took this long.

 

[libertysnake]

That's a party shirt, not an aloha shirt.

Big difference!

Not personally familiar with the native laws of Flavortown then I guess.

 

[masterswimmer]

Guess I have to get back to Tommy Bahama. Party on dudes!

 

[stokes]

Hawaiian shirts were big with LEO's back in the 80's.When I first started in 83,hanging out in "cop bars" in lower Manhattan looked like luau night.They are good for concealing.

 

[1075tech]

You guys are making me think about getting one

 

[Catskillkid]

Ok, I got an idea...now hear me out on this one.

Since we're all aspiring bogie boys let's adopt some new uniforms.

5.11 tacticool pants coupled with Hawaiian shirts with Kentec cloths for accents. Maybe a rainbow flag decal on a baseball hat and black lives/guns matter pin.

Watch the Left try to figure that one out.

 

[kev74]

Ok, I got an idea...now hear me out on this one.

Since we're all aspiring bogie boys let's adopt some new uniforms.

5.11 tacticool pants coupled with Hawaiian shirts with Kentec cloths for accents. Maybe a rainbow flag decal on a baseball hat and black lives/guns matter pin.

Watch the Left try to figure that one out.

I'm in!

 

[holdover]

one or two years ago nobody heard of the boogaloo. Its a psyop designed to paint constitutional loving patritots as raceists.

Same with the founding fathers . They are attempting to discredit whites, the American flag , the constitution and history as raceist .

Apparently we like to wear Hawaiian shirts to protests as an identification of who we are. Its a complete set up for a future event.

Tampa television reporter was broadcasting live from protests last weekend when two young men in Hawaiian shirts moved in front of the camera and began chanting the name of an obscure white nationalist group, drowning out protesters shouting “No Justice, No Peace!”

The incident was one of a growing number in which far-right extremists who once organized mainly online have been inserting themselves into the real-world protests roiling much of the nation, sowing confusion about the nature of the protests and seeking attention for their causes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/03/white-men-wearings-hawaiian-shirts-carrying-guns-add-volatile-new-element-floyd-protests/

It's maddening to consider, but it's only been a month since a bunch of folks who now seem to believe that police brutality is a reasonable response to peaceful protest got their underthings in a twist and took to city squares across the country—guns slung over their shoulders or cradled in their arms—to publicly whinge about being unable to get a haircut. Nevertheless, it's true. And if you were paying attention to those demonstrations, you may have noticed a contingent of those 2A types wearing an unlikely garment: the Hawaiian shirt.

Ridiculous as it may seem, that's no coincidence. In fact, all those aloha prints are designed to send a very clear message to folks with the right set of references: I am hoping for a second Civil War. Chilling? Fuck yes. But confounding, too. And it gets even weirder when you learn that this whole thing springs from dumb online jokes about the 1984 cinematic flop Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

Rightwing Shitheads Are Trying to Ruin Hawaiian Shirts Now

Wondering why so many heavily armed white guys are rocking hibiscus print? The reason is exactly as disturbing as you'd expect.

www.esquire.com

• White men wearing Hawaiian shirts and wielding rifles keep showing up at police brutality protests across the US.
• Known as the 'Boogaloo Bois,' named after the title of a cult 1980s film, these people are a part of a loosely organized and largely libertarian militia group that is centered on anti-government rhetoric.
• Started on forums and organized in private groups online, often associated with far-right extremist politics, the group has created confusion by attending recent protests.
• On Saturday, three men who follow the Boogaloo Bois movement were arrested in Las Vegas for filling up gas canisters and making Molotov cocktails, federal prosecutors said.
• "When we see these far-right groups manifesting in the streets and saying that they're with the protesters, we're just seeing another instance of the far right attempting to jump into and perhaps derail a left wing, or rather a broad mass protest movement," said extremism researcher Alexander Reid Ross.

Who are the Boogaloo Bois? A man who shot up a Minneapolis police precinct was associated with the extremist movement, according to unsealed documents

White men wearing Hawaiian shirts and wielding rifles keep showing up at police brutality protests in the US. Here's what to know about Boogaloo Bois.

www.insider.com

IN MORE THAN 30 of America’s 50 state capitals crowds have been gathering to protest against stay-at-home orders, buoyed by tweets from the president encouraging them to “liberate” their states. A few among them, toting assault weapons, are dressed incongruously in Hawaiian shirts. They might seem comical were it not for the fact that, in some corners of the internet, such leisurewear is recognised as the uniform of the extreme right.

Why some protesters in America wear Hawaiian shirts

Accelerationism, the boogaloo and the meaning of the extreme right

www.economist.com

This is a total set up of a future event to be blamed on you

 

[Modean]

Yeah sure. Coming from the very same media that insists there is no such thing as Antifa.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Don't ever go to a MASH bash then. Place is full of racist white guys raising money for the Red Cross. If anything, the Hawaiian shirts are symbolically mocking the establishment. Currently it is mocking the left wing. Back in the MASH days it was an anti right wing symbol by Hollywood mocking the right wing pro military side of society.

The media relies upon the short memory span of the easily bullshitted general public. The opinion swaying department of the left wing.

I'm sure somewhere in Albany there's a bill banning Hawaiian shirts right next to the Confederate and Gadsden flag ban bills.

 

[technicalgadget]

Boogaloo been around since early 80's...

 

[holdover]

Never heard of it.