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The Boogaloo: Extremists’ New Slang Term for A Coming Civil War
ADL.Org ^ | 12-26-2019 | Anti-Defamation League

Posted on 12/18/2019 1:26:44 PM PST by tcrlaf

It’s not often an old joke evolves into a catchphrase for mass violence, but that’s just what’s happened this past year when a variety of extremist and fringe movements and subcultures adopted the word “boogaloo” as shorthand for a future civil war.

From militia groups to white supremacists, extremists on a range of online platforms talk about—and sometimes even anticipate—the “boogaloo.” The rise of “boogaloo,” and its casual acceptance of future mass violence, is disturbing. Among some extremists, it may even signify an increased willingness to engage in violence.

“Boogaloo” has its roots in decades of jokes about an old movie: the 1984 breakdancing film Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. Almost from the moment of the movie’s release, people exploited the format of the movie’s title for humorous purposes, replacing “Breakin’” with some other film, event or person of their choice.

These jokes included “Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo” references, made every so often by gamers and history buffs, among others. But its most recent, and most serious, iteration caught on and spread very quickly. Though some still use the phrase as a joke, an increasing number of people employ it with serious intent.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adl; boogaloo; cwii; gunsgunsandmoreguns; impeachment; naziboogaloo; nazis; neonazis; ohnoeveryonepanic; preppers; shtf; wereallgonnadie
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To: tcrlaf

The Bugaloo is a term coming from the Left.

Best to at least know what they’re talking about.


61 posted on 12/18/2019 3:12:40 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! Hi)
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To: tcrlaf

The ADL?
REALLY NOW.

more predictive programming, to tell the lemmings how to think.

::ignore::


62 posted on 12/18/2019 3:16:54 PM PST by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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To: Simon Foxx
It's funny that Lennon had rejected all his nonsense from the imagine days, and came to disbelieve in evolution.
63 posted on 12/18/2019 3:22:00 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: tcrlaf

These people are such dupes and easily played.


64 posted on 12/18/2019 3:42:45 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (:¬| Beep beep)
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To: tcrlaf

Kabuki theater to get the UN to prep plans to “help”... by interceding militarily.


65 posted on 12/18/2019 4:02:49 PM PST by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: MrEdd

That is entirely outside the realm of possibility.

Rwanda only had two factions.

_____________

then Rwanda raised to the power of ten.


66 posted on 12/18/2019 4:03:22 PM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: JKOWBELLE
https://aldianews.com/articles/culture/music/babalu-woodstock-how-latinos-changed-sound-america/56218
67 posted on 12/18/2019 4:06:23 PM PST by spintreebob
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To: Beagle8U

Yeah, I could watch girls shuffle-dance all day long...


68 posted on 12/18/2019 4:23:05 PM PST by Repeal The 17th
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To: tcrlaf; dfwgator; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Shabba-Doo Quinones for President, 2024 !


69 posted on 12/18/2019 4:32:22 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: SunStar

Antifa needs a catchy emoji.


70 posted on 12/18/2019 5:17:24 PM PST by Do_Tar (Do I really need a /sarc?)
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To: Vendome

71 posted on 12/18/2019 5:32:54 PM PST by MacNaughton
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To: tcrlaf
A post from eight days into the future!
72 posted on 12/18/2019 5:39:50 PM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Modernism began two thousand years ago.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Why not, I do!


73 posted on 12/18/2019 6:21:58 PM PST by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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To: tcrlaf

> ADL freaking out about what 12 year olds on 4Chan are talking about.

Forget Boogaloo.
The new “code word” is ADL!!!
Could be “All Dead Liberals” or maybe “Action Day for Liberty”.

Mention it to any 12 year olds you know. See what they can come up with. OK?


74 posted on 12/18/2019 6:26:31 PM PST by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Just kidding.)
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To: tcrlaf

Reminds me of the Firesign Theater’s KNOW YOUR DOPE FIEND routine similar to what’s in Terry Gilliam’s Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas


75 posted on 12/18/2019 6:34:44 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: tcrlaf

Baby, oh baby,
Boogaloo down Broadway,
Baby, oh baby
Boogaloo down Broadway.
Come on Sally, come on Sue,
All day long we’re gonna Boogaloo.
But when the sweat begins to fill the air,
We’re gonna funky Broadway everywhere.


76 posted on 12/19/2019 2:59:19 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: Vendome

Ooh, what a cool looking play pretty.

Is that a Barrett sniper rifle?


77 posted on 12/20/2019 9:23:46 AM PST by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semites.)
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To: tcrlaf

The Boog is getting big! Oy vey


78 posted on 12/20/2019 9:35:29 AM PST by The Toll
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To: Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi

Dunno


79 posted on 12/20/2019 9:41:14 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: The Toll

Welcome to the Rice Fields Mother *******!!!


80 posted on 12/20/2019 9:44:53 AM PST by The Toll
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