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Gavin McInnes | |
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 McInnes hosting The Gavin McInnes Show in 2015 | |
| Born | Gavin Miles McInnes 17 July 1970 Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Carleton University (BA) |
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Emily Jendrisak (m. 2005) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | Censored.TV |
Gavin Miles McInnes (/məˈkɪnɪs/; born 17 July 1970) is a Canadian writer, podcaster, far-right commentator and founder of the Proud Boys. He is the host of Get Off My Lawn with Gavin McInnes on his website Censored.TV.[1] He co-founded Vice magazine in 1996 at the age of 26 and relocated to the United States in 2001. In 2016 he founded the Proud Boys, an American far-right militant organization[2] which was designated a terrorist group in Canada[3][4] and New Zealand after he left the group.[5] McInnes has been described as promoting violence against political opponents[6] but has argued that he has only supported political violence in self-defense and that he is not far-right or a supporter of fascism, instead identifying as "a fiscal conservative and libertarian".[7]
Born to Scottish parents in Hertfordshire, England, McInnes emigrated to Canada as a child. He graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa before moving to Montreal and co-founding Vice with Suroosh Alvi and Shane Smith.[8] He relocated with Vice Media to New York City in 2001.[9][10] During his time at Vice, McInnes was called a leading figure in the New York hipster subculture.[11] He holds both Canadian and British citizenship and lives in Larchmont, New York.[8]
In 2018, McInnes was fired from Blaze Media[12] and was banned from Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for violating terms of use related to promoting violent extremist groups and hate speech.[13][14] In June 2020, McInnes's account was suspended from YouTube for violating YouTube's policies concerning hate speech by posting content that was "glorifying [and] inciting violence against another person or group of people."[15]
- ^ "About CENSORED.TV". Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Founder of Proud Boys hate group shows up at hospital rally to support Trump". The Independent. 4 October 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ Aiello, Rachel (3 February 2021). "Canada adds Proud Boys to terror list". CTVNews. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Government of Canada lists 13 new groups as terrorist entities and completes review of seven others". Government of Canada. 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ Kriner, Matthew; Lewis, Jon (July–August 2021). Cruickshank, Paul; Hummel, Kristina (eds.). "Pride & Prejudice: The Violent Evolution of the Proud Boys" (PDF). CTC Sentinel. 14 (6). West Point, New York: Combating Terrorism Center: 26–38. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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- Noyes, Jenny (1 December 2018). "Far-right figure Gavin McInnes denied visa ahead of planned speaking tour". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- Wilson, Jason (5 February 2019). "Gavin McInnes is latest far-right figure to sue anti-hate watchdog". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "Why are the Proud Boys so violent? Ask Gavin McInnes". Hatewatch. Southern Poverty Law Center. 18 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
McInnes has a well-documented and long-running record of blatantly promoting violence and making threats. "We will kill you. That's the Proud Boys in a nutshell. We will kill you," he said on his "Compound Media" show in mid-2016. His followers often repeat his calls for violence and seemed especially emboldened this past summer as they participated in a number of large-scale "free speech" rallies across the country.
- Coaston, Jane (15 October 2018). "The Proud Boys, the bizarre far-right street fighters behind violence in New York, explained". Vox. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
It's that violence that the Proud Boys have become best known for, with the group even boasting of a "tactical defensive arm" known as the Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights (or "FOAK") reportedly with McInnes's backing. McInnes made a video praising the use of violence this June, saying, "What's the matter with fighting? Fighting solves everything. The war on fighting is the same as the war on masculinity."
- Aquilina, Kimberly M. (9 February 2017). "Gavin McInnes explains what a Proud Boy is and why porn and wanking are bad". www.metro.us. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
'People say if someone's fighting, go get a teacher. No, if someone's f-ing up your sister, put them in the hospital.'
- ^ Feuer, Alan (16 October 2018). "Proud Boys Founder: How He Went From Brooklyn Hipster to Far-Right Provocateur". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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Alex Pareene-2008was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Benson, Richard (28 October 2017). "How Terry Richardson created porn 'chic' and moulded the look of an era". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Gavin McInnes: the godfather of vice". www.macleans.ca. 19 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Roettgers, Janko (10 December 2018). "Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes Fired From Blaze Media, YouTube Account Disabled". Huffpost. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Roettgers, Janko (10 August 2018). "Twitter Shuts Down Accounts of Vice Co-Founder Gavin McInnes, Proud Boys Ahead of 'Unite the Right' Rally". Variety. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
Twitter suspended the accounts of Vice Magazine co-founder Gavin McInnes and his far-right Proud Boys group Friday afternoon...The accounts were shut down for violating the company's policies prohibiting violent extremist groups, Twitter said in a statement to BuzzFeed News
- ^ Sacks, Brianna (30 October 2018). "Facebook Has Banned The Proud Boys And Gavin McInnes From Its Platforms". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
The company confirmed Tuesday that it has begun shutting down a variety of accounts associated with the Proud Boys and its founder, Gavin McInnes, on both Facebook and Instagram, citing its 'policies against hate organizations and figures.'
- ^ Rozsa, Matthew (24 July 2020) "YouTube suspends account of Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes" Archived 25 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine Salon