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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They’re making a list, checking it twice...
Something most people never heard of.
“You will be made to care”...in which case I will work towards eliminating the people trying to make me care instead of people I never heard of who may not exist or who may be innocent people instead of what is being claimed.
That is entirely outside the realm of possibility.
Rwanda only had two factions.
The greeting of “Merry Christmas” has been also declared a “dog whistle” for those of us on the right. This could be a very interesting civil war!!
Qualify your statement.
By whom are they not labeled extremists?
The who will in each case tell you why.
Merry Christmas, llevrok, to you and your family!
The last 2 racist attacks on Jews I read about were from black people. ADL needs to catch up.
The ADL
I’m amazed that anyone could watch Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo and take it seriously.
You won’t see antifa “boogalooing it” in Utah, Wyoming, Idaho or Montana I’d reckon. They’ll stay in SFO and Seattle with their cowardly populations.
ADL are evil, mentally deranged, and unintelligent.
“Antifa has certainly shown a willingness for violence. Why are they not labeled extremists?”
Because you never label your own direct action group using negative adjectives. You only do that to your ideological opponents direct action group. BTW, do we have one?
Ringo Starr is on board with ‘the plan’. He even provided a rally song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXg1AxBXN5g
Well, the leftists are trying to start a mau-mau.
In their case they are committed socialists and believe that if they could just get rid of the citizenry and their education then the little clique would rise to power on the strength of their intelligence and private educations.
The ADL ran off the religious Jews with their moral scruples in the late nineteen seventies through the late eighties. There are not enough religious Jews left in the ADL to play a game of checkers.
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