I still don’t know exactly what “The proud boys” are. I see video of them being pretty rough.
But I see and hear only what the media wants me to see and hear so I take that with a grain of salt. It’s not as easy as the Tea Party to figure things out.
Wiki....
Membership
The Proud Boys say they have an initiation process that has four stages and includes hazing. The first stage is a loyalty oath, the second is getting punched until the person recites pop culture trivia, the third is getting a tattoo and agreeing to not masturbate, and the fourth is getting into a major fight “for the cause.”