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ProudBoys hashtag re-imagined.
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(CNN)The Proud Boys hashtag, which members of the far-right group have been using, was trending Sunday after gay men on Twitter hijacked it and flooded the feed with photos of their loved ones and families and with memes.
The Proud Boys recently made headlines by
celebrating President Trump's reply at last week's debate, when he was
asked to condemn White supremacists. The President instead used his
allotted time to blame what he called "antifa and the left" for violence
and to tell the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by."
But now the gay men of Twitter are making the group's hashtag known for entirely different reasons.
Matt
Dechaine, one of the men who pitched in with photos of himself and his
husband in efforts to overtake the hashtag, said his goal was simply to
spread joy.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
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I don't do Twitter so I can't confirm this, but someone on FaceBook said that hashtag was removed again. But that this happened at all I thought was very cool!