Boogaloo who, what, when, where according to CNN

[arakboss]

Gun-toting members of the Boogaloo movement are showing up at protests | CNN

Benjamin Ryan Teeter was at his home in Hampstead, N.C., when the call to action came. It was an alert from the heart of the raging protests in Minneapolis, posted on an online forum by a fellow member of the Boogaloo movement, a loosely knit group of heavily armed, anti-government extremists.

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[CamoDeafie]

"Anti-government extremists" right. Where have I heard this before.. oh yeah. The III% movement, the Bundy group, and before that.. the Militias in the 1980s.

 

[arakboss]

"Anti-government" right. Where have I heard this before.. oh yeah. The III% movement, and before that.. the Militias in the 1980s.

I note that they indicate multiple viewpoints in to the same boogaloo description. One person they referenced sounded more like an Antifa rather than III% type.

 

[CamoDeafie]

I note that they indicate multiple viewpoints in to the same boogaloo description. One person they referenced sound more like an Antifa rather than III% type.

The actual origins of the "Boogaloo" movement can be traced to 4chan.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Well it, um, uh.......it's CNN, so yea, you just know it's the gods honest truth! NOT!
I put no stock in any thing they say, even the rare time they accidentally slip and report something remotely close to the truth!
If this really was gaining traction, we would hear of it in other places more reliable!

 

[CamoDeafie]

Well it, um, uh.......it's CNN, so yea, you just know it's the gods honest truth! NOT!
I put no stock in any thing they say, even the rare time they accidentally slip and report something remotely close to the truth!
If this really was gaining traction, we would hear of it in other places more reliable!

Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, Facebook and 4chan are most likely where you'll find a lot of the "Boogaloo" memes and jokes and so forth

 

[arakboss]

To me it seems like a way to denigrate those citizens who show up to protect others like this group:

Armed citizens form group to protect businesses in Tri-Cities

KENNEWICK, Wash. - More than 5,300 residents of the Tri-Cities in Eastern Washington have joined a group to protect area businesses from vandals in the past 24 hours. The group is called "Defend the Tri" and police and business owners say they're all for it, as long as everybody follows the...

komonews.com

 

[CamoDeafie]

And these people from the Virginia event

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

Hawaiian shirts?

Known for sporting Hawaiian shirts and arriving to public protests heavily armed, the decentralized Boogaloo movement ...

 

[CountryGent]

Anyone who characterizes a civil war in a cutesy term like "boogaloo" is officially clueless.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Hawaiian shirts?

People for whom these are "appropriate" and they're usually airsofters

 

[CamoDeafie]

Anyone who characterizes a civil war in a cutesy term like "boogaloo" is officially clueless.

It started as a joke... ya know... the "Revolution 2; Electric Boogaloo" (Saturday Night Fever 2; Electric Boogaloo reference)

 

[CamoDeafie]

Some examples of the memes and jokes.... understand, many of these mock the III% movement and related militia movement.

 

[sobo]

To me it seems like a way to denigrate those citizens who show up to protect others like this group:

Armed citizens form group to protect businesses in Tri-Cities

KENNEWICK, Wash. - More than 5,300 residents of the Tri-Cities in Eastern Washington have joined a group to protect area businesses from vandals in the past 24 hours. The group is called "Defend the Tri" and police and business owners say they're all for it, as long as everybody follows the...

komonews.com

Wow, that happened right under my nose in my own town, and in less than 24 hours! I gotta figure out how to join up!

 

[Bam]

Never thought I would see the day MSNBC became more credible than Crap News Network.

 

[cigars]

Anyone who characterizes a civil war in a cutesy term like "boogaloo" is officially clueless.

Didn't they have some music video back in the 80's?

 

[po18guy]

In the 1960s, it was Robert DePugh and the "Minutemen" movement who were the threat.

 

[Papa]

It started as a joke... ya know... the "Revolution 2; Electric Boogaloo" (Saturday Night Fever 2; Electric Boogaloo reference)

This is a tough crowd for chan humor

 

[ma96782]

Didn't they have some music video back in the 80's?

Many vids to choose from. And, there was even a sequel to the first movie.

Aloha, Mark

PS....but check out this warning video.

 

[arakboss]

Many vids to choose from. And, there was even a sequel to the first movie.

Aloha, Mark

PS....but check out this warning video.

Good info.