# A U-Haul full of "Patriot Front" extremists pulled over on their way to Pride event **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 12, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067 "2022-06-12T15:09:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/181 "2022-06-20T15:09:57Z")
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**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/182 "2022-06-21T01:47:56Z")
Unfortunately, I cannot delete. It was a meme about masks becoming important. You know these guys fought against masks because they couldn’t breathe, but then when they needed them to hide their identity, all of a sudden they could breath. Or something along those lines. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/183 "2022-06-21T05:21:56Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Unfortunately, I cannot delete. Your link works perfectly fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/184 "2022-06-21T17:04:09Z")
Not for me. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/185 "2022-06-21T21:55:38Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Not for me. It’s a photo of those guys kneeling on the ground, hands tied behind their backs, balaclavas on their faces, guarded by the cops, with the caption “Suddenly the mask is not a breathing issue anymore…” ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/186 "2022-06-21T22:13:15Z")
Click on the photo and it goes to a blank page that says, “URL signature expired”. Here is that image again, on a different site. [![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/385/411/887.jpg) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/385/411/887.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/187 "2022-06-23T07:46:36Z")
You people! These poor men finally came to terms with their sexuality and were attending their very first pride parade and this is what they get? We should call these fine young LGBTQ men’s friends and tell them we support all LGBTQ people and welcome the Patriot Front to the not long enough list of organizations dedicated to supporting the cause. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/188 "2022-06-28T17:42:05Z")
Interesting article regarding the re-emergence of white-nationalism in North Idaho: > **[Idaho's fight against the far right, then and now](https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1106828549/idahos-fight-against-the-far-right-then-and-now)** > > The arrest of white nationalists in North Idaho gained national attention. But it has deeper significance for residents who say the region has a history of attracting — and fighting — extremists. _One man, who declined to share his name with NPR, showed up roughly 20 minutes after opening remarks were delivered on the Pride event stage. He paced the perimeter of the gathering wearing full camo, including a hat, sunglasses and mask that obscured nearly his entire face. On his back, he carried a semi-automatic rifle._ _“I don’t want it in North Idaho,” he said, referring to the Pride activities. “You know, there’s so many places you can go and celebrate this. Why Idaho? Everyone is fleeing from states to try to have one conservative haven, and yet it ends up here. So where do we go from here? Do we go to Alaska? You know, there’s not a lot of other places we can go.”_ I know where you can go, a-hole! Being Conservative used to not mean you are a racist a-hole, but evidently now it does. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/189 "2022-06-28T18:21:52Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > a racist a-hole There is no direct evidence in your quote that he is racist. I’m certain that he is equally opposed to Black, white, Latino, Asian, and any other type of gay folks being in Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/190 "2022-06-28T21:09:35Z")
I’d be quite happy if all the Proud Boys relocated to deep in the wilds of Alaska. They can determine if Bigfoot and the Wendigo are real and provide a boon to science. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/191 "2022-06-28T21:20:25Z")
I hear Prudhoe Bay is nice. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/192 "2022-06-28T21:20:43Z")
If all it takes is a LGBTQ parade to get these snowflakes all worked-up and fleeing to some other remote mountain town, we should be encouraging that - keep them on the move - broke and without roots. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/193 "2022-06-28T21:22:17Z")
And I’d apologize to any Alaskan Dopers-I’m not wishing evil on your state. Send ‘em to one of those Alaskan islands. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/194 "2022-06-28T21:28:07Z")
To paraphrase a conversation I saw on Reddit, since a lot of them would use the phrase “Democrat Party”, it would be equally accurate to in turn call them the “Pride Boys”. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/195 "2022-06-28T21:47:16Z")
Let’s skip Alaska and just and them to Russia. After all it’s a country that violently represses its LGBTQ population and is run by a white strongman who blatantly supports a (white) imperialist history. Isn’t that exactly what they want? If only I was joking. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/196 "2022-06-28T21:47:47Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > To paraphrase a conversation I saw on Reddit, since a lot of them would use the phrase “Democrat Party”, it would be equally accurate to in turn call them the “Pride Boys”. 🌈 Pride Boys 🌈 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/197 "2022-06-28T21:49:24Z")
[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjdcnayVkAIAzLL?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjdcnayVkAIAzLL?format=jpg&name=medium) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/198 "2022-06-29T07:52:27Z")
They should rather go to Guantanamo Bay. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/199 "2023-07-21T12:30:53Z")
Convictions are starting to come in for the U-haul Boys: > **[Five Patriot Front members convicted of conspiracy to riot in Coeur d'Alene](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/jul/20/five-patriot-front-members-convicted-of-conspiracy/)** > > A jury deliberated for a little over an hour before convicting five Patriot Front members Thursday for conspiring to disrupt a Pride celebration last June in downtown Coeur d’Alene. 5 down, 26 to go. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/200 "2023-07-21T12:43:44Z")
What’s with the protective gear on the sheriff in lower right? That chest protector looks like the floor mat from a car. At any rate, he looks like he’s ready for anything. Maybe he’s bomb squad? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067.md?page=11)