On March 8, Donald Trump loyalist Kyle Chapman was released from jail after being arrested on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed dirk or dagger when violence broke out between Trump supporters and anti-fascists in Berkeley, Calif., on March 4.
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Since then, Chapman has become an instant celebrity, thanks toย YouTube videos showing him wearing a mask and a baseball helmet as he wailed on counterprotestersโ heads, and heโs taken on the nickname โBased Stickman.โ
Earlier this week, Gavin McInnesโco-founder of Vice magazineโannounced that Chapman was teaming up with his โalt-rightโ group, the Proud Boys, to form their own paramilitary wing of the alt-right called the โFraternal Order of the Alt-Knights,โ or FOAK.
If you have no idea who Gavin McInnes is, get on your knees right now and thank dark-skinned, cocoa butter, do-rag Jesus. McInnes left Vice 10 years ago because ... well ... he was just too racist. Since then, McInnes has been known for inflammatory, racist remarks such as calling Asians โslopesโ and โriceballs,โ referring to Muslims as โstupid,โ inbred and violent, and defending the use of blackface and the n-word.
McInnesโ main contribution to society is the Proud Boys, a white-loving, โpro-Westernโ fraternal organization. The Proud Boys actually sponsored the Berkeley protest in hopes that it would turn into a melee. They dress like skinheads, love Trump, must get โjumpedโ into the organization and are required to fight anti-fascists at public rallies; membership also requires tattoos. If this sounds like a street gang, there is one other weird rule that Proud Boys must follow: No masturbation (which kinda explains the groupโs aggressive, chauvinistic attitudes).
But now McInnes has teamed up with the Based Stickman to form FOAKโwhich will serve as the Proud Boysโ military unit. โOur emphasis will be on street activism, preparation, defense and confrontation,โ Based Stickman, aka Chapman, said. โWe will protect and defend our right-wing brethren when the police and government fail to do so.โ
The group says it is โseeking able bodies and strong-minded men who can keep a cool head under pressure, comfortable in fisticuffsโ and say that it will serve as โa force to protect and serve when the police are told to stand down.โ
At least we know they wonโt be beating their mea .... never mind.
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