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TexasTowelie

(112,150 posts)
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 06:14 AM Sep 2021

Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Says He's a Free Speech Martyr Before Heading to Jail

Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio has some ideas of how he’s going to spend his approximately five months in D.C.’s Central Detention Facility. He hopes to re-read a book titled Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare.

In an interview with VICE News conducted six days before he booked himself into the jail on Monday evening, Tarrio said he liked that book in particular, written by an accused conspiracy theorist and Holocaust denier, because of its insights into how political movements work.

He’s also writing a book, titled American Warlord, which he’ll sell on an online marketplace affiliated with the Proud Boys.

If the implications of his chosen jail time activities aren’t clear, Tarrio plans to remain fully involved with the far-right movement he’s helmed for almost three years, even while serving a sentence for stealing a Black Lives Matter banner from a historically Black church during a Proud Boys rally, and illegally possessing two high-capacity magazines in D.C. (Hours before surrendering to jail, Tarrio’s attorney filed an emergency appeal for a shorter sentence, accusing the judge of bias.)

Read more: https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7edpx/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-interview

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Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Says He's a Free Speech Martyr Before Heading to Jail (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2021 OP
A real life Clayton Bigsby. SMH. nt ecstatic Sep 2021 #1
What's the matter, was "Mein Kampf" taken? eShirl Sep 2021 #2
"American Warlord"... Raster Sep 2021 #3
American Terrorist IronLionZion Sep 2021 #10
He's not a "martyr" atreides1 Sep 2021 #4
Martyrs die for a cause The Wizard Sep 2021 #5
Child molester? Ligyron Sep 2021 #7
Once saw a man killed over a package of cookies in prison pecosbob Sep 2021 #6
Damn! I mist rhat! griloco Sep 2021 #8
Oh brother, nt LittleGirl Sep 2021 #9

eShirl

(18,490 posts)
2. What's the matter, was "Mein Kampf" taken?
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 06:28 AM
Sep 2021
He’s also writing a book, titled American Warlord, which he’ll sell on an online marketplace affiliated with the Proud Boys.

IronLionZion

(45,433 posts)
10. American Terrorist
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 09:15 AM
Sep 2021

I suppose they think warlord sounds better. Either way, it would be funny to tell them he's an FBI confidential informant ratting out the other proud boys

atreides1

(16,076 posts)
4. He's not a "martyr"
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:00 AM
Sep 2021

By definition one has to be dead, before they can be described as a martyr! And even if this rat for the FBI was dead, he would be considered a dead fink and a waste of space!!!

pecosbob

(7,538 posts)
6. Once saw a man killed over a package of cookies in prison
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:58 AM
Sep 2021

Here's hoping that you're stupid enough to incur debts you can't pay.

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