Well, mark's right about one thing. The proud boys are white supremacists.
As to the violence, he misses the big picture. It's not about violence. It's about organizing terrorists. A great portion of the insurrectionists on January 6th were organized and ready to act. (Unless it's SOP to bring a hangman's noose and platform to a "protest", or zip ties for binding hands and tactical gear....).
People like the proud boys aren't looking to rob anyone. They're not in the near west side of Chicago going up against the kings....
No, they're recruiting guys like mark into their fold to scare those without the capacity of rational thought to fight against democracy.
That's the threat. That's the danger. That's the real problem.
The GOP has become the party of ignorance, the party of non- science, the party of voter suppression and the party of hypocrisy.
Not to fear though, we will indeed overcome.