# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/21 "2022-06-12T22:45:09Z")
It’s really just another example of the pathetic and un-American side of the republican party that tells us to watch for the left doing these terrible things but are the ones to do them. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/22 "2022-06-12T23:14:23Z")
30 guys in fancy dress got together in the back of a van to “protest” the pride march? Now they got sent to prison? Somehow this sounds more like a plot from a porn video than anything else. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/23 "2022-06-12T23:16:20Z")
Nice to know that when these guys go to by guns, this incident will be part of the background check. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/24 "2022-06-12T23:52:54Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > it “appeared to be very similar to an operations plan that a police or military group would put together for an event.” I wonder if the Patriot Front had an after party planned, featuring dress-up, bondage play and male strippers… ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/25 "2022-06-13T00:15:06Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I wonder if the Patriot Front had an after party planned, featuring dress-up, bondage play and male strippers… Madison Cawthorn is looking for an invite… Stranger ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/26 "2022-06-13T00:18:41Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Which Stranger is posting today? 😉 Hey, be glad the Stranger doesn’t mention “Regards,” on all his sign-offs. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/27 "2022-06-13T00:29:15Z")
How does an organization with 220 to 230 members generate 400 gigabytes of chat logs? ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/28 "2022-06-13T00:32:58Z")
Some of them talk _a lot._ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/29 "2022-06-13T00:37:58Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > How does an organization with 220 to 230 members generate 400 gigabytes of chat logs? - Hot air makes things expand. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/30 "2022-06-13T00:38:25Z")
Gifs. ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/31 "2022-06-13T00:48:33Z")
Roleplay. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/32 "2022-06-13T00:50:06Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Hey, be glad the Stranger doesn’t mention “Regards,” on all his sign-offs. I would never, ever do that. Not to you or anyone. > [@Chronos](#): > > How does an organization with 220 to 230 members generate 400 gigabytes of chat logs? Sex talk and dick pics…I assume. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/33 "2022-06-13T00:51:08Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Sex talk and dick pics Band name. ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/34 "2022-06-13T00:58:48Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Hey, be glad the Stranger doesn’t mention “Regards,” on all his sign-offs. Oh, I am. I was just funning him a little. 🙂 * * * I’m still kind of chuckling at how sheepish those idiots must have felt when the cops rolled up the door to their U-Haul. “Umm. So what are you boys are up to today? Nice costumes.” So much for stealth. And probably not the greatest outcome for recruitment materials, either. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/35 "2022-06-13T01:01:32Z")
I live near where this happened. The local Facebook news pages lit up with literally thousands of comments saying this was Antifa/Feds/crisis actors. The party of personal responsibility. See for yourself, search Facebook groups for “North Idaho News”. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/36 "2022-06-13T01:13:12Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > See for yourself, search Facebook groups for “North Idaho News”. I think…I will not. I love Idaho; beautiful country, good fishing, unpretentious people; but it attracts a real fringe element, and I’m not talking about they guy who just wants to live alone in his shack with his dog and a fridge full of cold beer. Still better than Florida, though. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/37 "2022-06-13T02:13:53Z")
At least there’s the poetic justice in a group of Nazis crowded in a van inhaling their own gas. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/38 "2022-06-13T02:20:44Z")
After the van was stopped, they should have delayed the opening out of concern for any firearms inside. An hour or two of negotiations with the cargo would have been completely understandable. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/39 "2022-06-13T02:23:03Z")
I hope these people have had [“The Talk”](https://youtu.be/6b-0dA8eBrw) so they know how to deal with being arrested. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/40 "2022-06-13T02:57:16Z")
Yeah, I had that same question to begin with… go all “street-tactical” to provoke a violent disruption _at a Pride event_… _in &^%$# Coeur d’Alene??_ > [@Aspenglow](#): > > I’m still kind of chuckling at how sheepish those idiots must have felt when the cops rolled up the door to their U-Haul. > > “Umm. So what are you boys are up to today? Nice costumes.” Like I said about some other group in a different context: _“Youse guys have never even met anyone who actually ran a real revolt, have you?”_ [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=1) [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=3)