By Bill Morlin
A new fight-club
“fraternity” of young white, pro-Trump men is being formed, its
organizers claim, to defend free-speech rights by “Alt-Right” leaders
and engage in street fighting.
Kyle Chapman, a California activist arrested earlier this month in a clash
in Berkeley between anti-fascist protesters and pro-Trump
demonstrators, announced this week he is forming the Fraternal Order of
Alt Knights (cleverly called “FOAK).
Chapman, who uses the Internet meme “Based Stick Man,” says his new
militant, highly-masculine group will be the “tactical defensive arm” of
the Proud Boys, another group that shows up at pro-Trump rallies
looking to rumble with counter-protesters.
“We don’t fear the fight. We are the fight,” Chapman said in a recent social media post announcing FOAK’s formation.
“I’m proud to announce that my newly created Fraternal Order of
Alt-Knights will be partnering with Proud Boys,” Chapman said, with the
“full-approval” of its founder, Gavin McInnes.
McInnes is a co-founder of Vice (although he and the magazine severed ties 10 years ago) and more recently has been a frequent guest on FOX News and a contributor for the racist site VDARE where he denigrated Muslims and called Asian Americans “slopes” and “riceballs.”
Now described as a “neo-masculine reactionary,” McInnes calls his Proud Boys a “pro-West fraternal organization.”
Others describe it as the military arm of the Alt-Right.
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Source: Hatewatch - The Southern Poverty Law Center
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