“For months leading up to the incident, Swenson had been sharing memes from boogaloo pages on Facebook.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmanuelfelton/boogaloo-boy-arrested-texarkana-swenson">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/e...

Like the OK sign and Pepe and Kekistan, and just about everything else from these types, the Boogaloo name is stupid, and that stupidity is used by adherents to deflect criticism. As in, “What are you so upset about it’s just a joke?”

But as a NSAC member told me in Feb, “When you have people talking about and planning sedition and violence against minorities, police and public officials, we need to take their words seriously.” https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/what-boogaloo-how-online-calls-violent-uprising-are-getting-organized-n1138461">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/soci...

This is why @wphillips49’s words echo in my ears every time I think of these groups. “You can’t give them an inch.”