“gone from defending people to destroying people.”
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Gavin McInnes
Gavin Miles McInnes is a Canadian writer, podcaster, far-right commentator and founder of the Proud Boys. He is the host of Get Off My Lawn with Gavin McInnes on his website, Compound Censored. He co-founded Vice magazine in 1996 and relocated to the United States in 2001. In 2016 he founded the Proud Boys, an American far-right militant organization which was designated a terrorist group in Canad…
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Born 17 July 1970 · Q5528217
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2026· 10 entries
“Not one reporter talking about this ever spoke to the FBI.”
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“I am told by my legal team and law enforcement that this gesture could help alleviate their sentencing.”
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“U gonna reveal its a prank? Cuz I have friends writing blogs about it.”
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“mass conformity that black people push on each other”
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“drinking club [he] started several years ago as a joke”
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“Someone very powerful decided long ago that I shouldn”
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“baby boomer media like The Times”
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Public attention spiked: 2,750 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.3× the usual 842, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 3,282 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 842, with 0 article edits.
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2024· 1 entry
The question of how McInnes's views had evolved away from the relatively progressive values of Vice was examined in the Canadian television documentary It's Not Funny Anymore: Vice to Proud Boys
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2021· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes said inspiration for the group’s name came from “Proud of Your Boy,” a song from the stage musical "Aladdin."” Correct Attribution.
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2019· 1 entry
McInnes launched Censored
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2018· 3 entries
On 10 August 2018, McInnes' Twitter account, as well as the account for the Proud Boys, was permanently suspended by Twitter due to their rules against violent extremist groups
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McInnes was fired from Blaze Media and was banned from Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for violating terms of use related to promoting violent extremist groups and hate speech
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Regarding South African farm attacks and land reform proposals, he said that black South Africans were not "trying to get their land back – they never had that land", instead stating there were "ethnic cleansing" efforts
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2017· 1 entry
National Post: Gavin Mcinnes | National Post
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2016· 2 entries
Founded the Proud Boys, an American far-right militant organization which was designated a terrorist group in Canada and New Zealand after he left the group
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Founded the Proud Boys, a neo-fascist, men's rights and male-only organisation classified as a "general hate" organization by the SPLC
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2015· 1 entry
Moviefone: The Gavin McInnes Show - Where to Watch
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2013· 2 entries
Directed The Brotherhood of the Traveling Rants, a documentary on his tour as an occasional standup comedian
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“people would be happier if women would stop pretending to be men”
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2012· 1 entry
McInnes wrote a memoir book called How to Piss in Public
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2010· 1 entry
McInnes was approached by Adult Swim and asked to play the part of Mick, an anthropomorphic Scottish soccer ball, in the short-lived Aqua Teen Hunger Force spin-off Soul Quest Overdrive
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2008· 3 entries
McInnes created the website StreetCarnage
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McInnes became increasingly known for far-right political views
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Due to what he described as "creative differences"
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2006· 1 entry
Was featured in The Vice Guide to Travel with actor and comedian David Cross in China
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2005· 1 entry
Married Manhattan-based publicist and consultant Emily Jendrisak, the daughter of Native American activist Christine Whiterabbit Jendrisak who describes herself as a liberal Democrat
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2003· 3 entries
McInnes said, "I love being white and I think it's something to be very proud of
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“I love being white and I think it”
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Vanessa Grigoriadis in The New York Times quoted McInnes saying, "'No means no' is puritanism
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2002· 1 entry
McInnes said that he was pleased that most Williamsburg hipsters were white
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1996· 1 entry
And relocated to the United States in 2001
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1994· 1 entry
As assistant editor and cartoonist, under editor Suroosh Alvi
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1991· 1 entry
Studied at Concordia University, Bachelor of Arts (1991).
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1970· 1 entry
Born 1970-07-17.
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