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Far-right figure blames ‘corrupt leftwing media’ for January 6 attack on US Capitol in new Trump documentary

The founder of the Proud Boys, the far-right group that played a major role in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol and was memorably instructed by Donald Trump to “stand back and stand by”, has told the makers of a Trump documentary: “We want to make America hate again.”

Gavin McInnes, the UK-born British Canadian citizen who co-founded Vice magazine and was influential in the New York hipster scene of the early 2000s before becoming a far-right militia figure, also claimed to the BBC that his group wasn’t responsible for what happened that day.

“It was you,” he told the makers of the documentary, which has aired on the BBC’s Panorama strand. “If anyone should apologise … it should be the corrupt leftwing media, and I’ll accept your apology now if you want to do it.”

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[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 93 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

UK born British-Canadian citizen? So another far right anti-immigrant immigrant, coming to the US to stir up shit? When will we deport this clown and Phony Stark?

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

That's one area I'm proud of Australia for. We frequently deny travel for problematic people - most recently Candace Owens was denied entry. Most likely for saying that Australia should be invaded, but she's said a lot of horrible stuff so who can tell!

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We do have our share of anti-immigrant immigrants though.

Jack van Tongeren comes to mind. A Dutch migrant that hated asians. He set fire to a bunch of Asian restaurants. There was something of a political movement IIRC, they wanted to send asian migrants back to where they came from (?!) and relocate Australia's Capital City to Alice Springs because it was geographically central.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don’t know much about Australia, but isn’t the geographically central part the least ~~pleasant~~ livable part?

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes!

I mean I don't want to be mean about where someone lives. About 33k people live in Alice Springs and I'm sure it's a great place to be.

That said, it really is in the middle of the desert. It's harsh beauty is breathtaking even on google maps satellite view:

There's no sensible reason to move Australia's Political capital in any case.

I doubt it's even feasible to support a large population in that area.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, perhaps I should have said livable instead of pleasant. I’ll change it. But Phoenix and Las Vegas have a lot of problems because they’re giant cities built in places that can’t really support populations that size using water in the way they do.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

How far away is that from Barter Town?

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

how the hell has he not been kicked out yet?

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago

Some of those that work forces...

[–] Baggins 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Too late. He's yours now. We aren't taking him back.

[–] Mesophar@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Deporting just means we kick him out of our country, you don't have to accept him in yours. A raft in the Atlantic should suit him fine!

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

There's the actual real garbage island in the ocean, he belongs in the trash. (And no I don't mean Puerto Rico, that island has suffered enough)

[–] Baggins 1 points 3 weeks ago

A plan with no drawbacks. Do it!