Gavin McInnes

[[File:Proud Boys Gavin McInnes.jpg|thumb|right|McInnes at a Proud Boys rally:<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/07/06/who-are-the-proud-boys_a_23020006/ Who Are The Proud Boys?]</ref> [[style over substance]], or ''GQ'' over the slobbos]]
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{{cquote|How do you feel, you fucking useless fag? I'm so glad you're too scared to make babies. You represent the worst parts of evolution.|||Gavin McInnes<ref>[https://archive.md/2f8sn/d12d5fbfca84de0904f5bf7baadf6b74799e3304.jpg How do you feel, you fucking useless fag? I'm so glad you're too scared to make babies. You represent the worst parts of evolution.] by Gavin McInnes (5/22/17, 4:38 PM) ''Twitter'' (archived from 18 Oct 2018 01:24:00 UTC).</ref>}}
{{cquote|"…the embodiment of smoldering ratshit"|||A Montreal archivist on McInnes<ref name=gollner>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-secret-history-of-gavin-mcinnes The Secret History of Gavin McInnes: In the ’90s, he played punk rock and helped create ''Vice'' magazine. Five years ago, he founded a very different organization: the Proud Boys, the far-right group that came to personify the vilest tendencies of Trump’s America. A former ''Vice'' editor interviews one of our era’s most troubling extremists.] by Adam Leith Gollner (June 29, 2021) ''Vanity Fair''.</ref>}}
'''Gavin Miles McInnes''' {{lived|1970}} is a [[United Kingdom|British]]-born [[Canada|Canadian]] but [[United States|US]]-based<ref>{{wpa|Gavin McInnes}}</ref> [[white nationalist]] activist, [[punk]] rocker,<ref name=gollner/> actor,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2448354/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Gavin McInnes] ''IMDb''.</ref>{{efn|His first film was in the short ''Asshole'' (2009). No, he did not star as himself.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1336587/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_8 Asshole] ''IMDb''.</ref>}} professional [[asshole]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201219023255/https://letterboxd.com/film/gavin-mcinnes-is-a-fucking-asshole ''Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole''] by Gavin McInnes (2010) ''Letterboxd'' (archived from December 19, 2020).</ref>{{efn|Yes, McInnes did play himself in the ''Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole'' DVD.}} and [[professional troll]].<ref name=highsnobiety>[http://www.highsnobiety.com/2017/02/17/gavin-mcinnes-vice-cofounder/ How Gavin McInnes Went From ‘VICE’ Co-Founder to Fox News Troll]</ref><ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/08/10/do-you-want-bigots-gavin-because-how-you-get-bigots "Do You Want Bigots, Gavin? Because This Is How You Get Bigots"] from the [[SPLC]]</ref> McInnes was a cofounder of ''Vice Magazine'' in 1994, which he left in 2008.<ref>{{wpa|Vice Media}}</ref> (You can blame him for the hipster "look".) He was also the founder of [[Proud Boys]], a [[white nationalist|"Western]] [[sexist|chauvinist"]] [[alt-right]] [[nofap]] group noted for violence. McInnes turned over leadership of the Proud Boys to [[Enrique Tarrio]] in 2018,<ref>[https://splinternews.com/proud-boys-failed-to-redact-their-new-dumb-bylaws-and-a-1830700905 Proud Boys Failed to Redact Their New Dumb Bylaws and Accidentally Doxxed Their 'Elders'] by Jack Crosbie (11/28/18 8:20AM) ''Splinter''.</ref> but in a 2021 interview McInnes was either confused or obfuscating about his ongoing role in the organization.<ref name=gollner/>{{efn|{{cquote|'''McInnes''': We don’t allow any Nazis or any kind of racism…. We take in these people and we say, ‘We don’t care what race you are—as long as you think the West is the best.’<BR>
'''Gollner''': Gavin, are you still part of Proud Boys?<BR>
'''McInnes''': No, sorry. ''They'' do this. ''They'' do this.<ref name=gollner/>}}}}

McInnes has regularly appeared on [[Infowars|The Alex Jones Show]], [[The Rebel Media]], [[Fox News]] (from which he resigned in 2017), [[Ben Shapiro]]'s ''TruthRevolt'',<ref>[https://www.truthrevolt.org/author/gavin-mcinnes Gavin McInnes] ''TruthRevolt''</ref> and ''The Federalist''.<ref>[http://thefederalist.com/author/gavin-mcinnes/ Gavin McInnes] ''The Federalist''.</ref> McInnes was also fired from Blaze Media for unknown reasons.<ref>[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes-fired_n_5c0ea391e4b0edf5a3a75bf8?guccounter=1 Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes Fired From Blaze Media, YouTube Account Disabled: The far-right bigot was kicked off Facebook and Twitter in recent months too.] by Hayley Miller (12/10/2018 02:43 pm ET Updated Dec 10, 2018) ''Huffington Post''.</ref> McInnes has written for [[racist]] or [[racialist]] online publications: [[Taki's Magazine]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201007215658/https://www.takimag.com/contributor/gavinmcinnes/151/ Gavin McInnes] ''Taki's Magazine'' (archived from October 7, 2020).</ref> (resigned in 2017),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201101045159/https://www.takimag.com/article/so_long_tak_gavin_mcinnes/ So Long, Taki!] by Gavin McInnes (August 24, 2017) ''Taki's Magazine'' (archived from November 1, 2020).</ref> [[American Renaissance]].<ref>[https://www.amren.com/author/gavinmcinnes/ Gavin McInnes] ''American Renaissance'' (archived from November 12, 2020,.</ref> and [[VDARE]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201001023250/https://vdare.com/writers/gavin-mcinnes Gavin McInnes] ''VDARE'' (archived from October 1, 2020)</ref>

Multiple people who have been directly acquainted with McInnes regard him as narcissistic or "profoundly narcissistic", with some claiming that he has [[narcissistic personality disorder]] (though they likely didn't have the qualifications to make such a clinical diagnosis).<ref name=gollner/> He has admitted to using Adderall and [[cocaine]] and has been accused of abusing Adderall by a former colleague;<ref name=gollner/> excessive use of either drug can lead to [[paranoia]] and [[psychosis]].<ref>[https://oxfordtreatment.com/prescription-drug-abuse/adderall/psychosis-symptoms/ Adderall Psychosis (& Paranoia): How to Identify the Symptoms] ''Oxford Treatment Center''.</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC181074/ Cocaine and Psychiatric Symptoms] by W. Alexander Morton (1999) ''Prim. Care Companion J. Clin. Psychiatry'' 1(4):109–113. doi:10.4088/pcc.v01n0403.</ref> He has made statements indicating that he has a [[persecution complex]] ("I am the most misunderstood person in America."), which he blames on [[liberal]] persecution.<ref name=gollner/> For his part though, he has tried to normalize bigotry as "basic dad politics" ("racism is not a thing", "America was not built on slavery", "gay marriage is a scam").<ref name=gollner/>

==White nationalism==
{{cquote|Well, at least they're not fucking [[nigger]]s or Puerto Ricans. At least they're white.|||Gavin McInnes on hipsters, 2002<ref>[http://www.nypress.com/vice-rising-corporate-media-woos-magazine-worlds-punks/ Vice Rising: Corporate Media Woos Magazine World's Punks] (16 Feb 2015 | 06:07) ''New York Press'' (Straus Media).</ref><ref name="nyt-styles-section"/>}}
McInnes later called this "an antiracist joke from several years ago that becomes reversed when taken out of context (in The NY Press [who conducted the interview] we were all dressed as [[skinheads]] except for Suroosh [Alvi] who was wearing a suit. We were all covered with fake blood and bruises to imply a fight had just finished of course without the photo the quote becomes venomous)."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100810215037/http://gawker.com/013468/letter-to-gawker-from-gavin-mcinnes Letter to Gawker from Gavin McInnes] (09/29/03 03:45PM) ''Gawker''.</ref>

In 2003, McInnes expressed his [[white pride]]:<ref name="nyt-styles-section">[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/style/the-edge-of-hip-vice-the-brand.html The Edge of Hip: Vice, the Brand] by Vanessa Grigoriadis (September 28, 2003) ''The New York Times''.</ref>
{{quotebox|I love being white and I think it's something to be very proud of. I don't want our culture diluted. We need to close the borders now and let everyone assimilate to a Western, white, English-speaking way of life.}}

In 2016, trying to change his image, McInnes claimed that the Proud Boys were just "Western Chauvinists who refuse to apologize for creating the modern world" and nothing more.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160803044844/http://bedfordandbowery.com/2016/07/gavin-mcinnes-and-his-proud-boys-want-to-make-white-men-great-again/ Gavin McInnes and His ‘Proud Boys’ Want to Make Men Great Again] by Nicole Disser (July 28, 2016) ''Bedford+Bowery'' (archived from August 3, 2016).</ref> On his blog, "Street Carnage", he claimed that he had been described as a white nationalist because "demand for racists doesn't meet the supply so" the media has "to fabricate them out of thin air". McInnes continued:<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160804154023/http://streetcarnage.com/blog/the-proud-boys-are-western-chauvinists-thats-it The Proud Boys Are Western Chauvinists – That's It] (07.30.16 05:21 pm) ''Street Carnage''.</ref>
{{quotebox|If you're in a group that promotes traditional values and is anti-shame, well you must be white pride. This is because, to the media, everything is racial. If you wave an American flag, you must be a racist because racists do that too. This chick Nicole Disser asked me if we are a white power organization. I said no. She asked me how I feel about being white and I said we have nothing to be ashamed of. In today's age, that means you're "white pride".}}

In 2017, McInnes repeatedly espoused the [[white genocide]] [[conspiracy theory]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170813220440/https://twitter.com/igd_news/status/878679372789460992 Gavin McInnes, leader of the 'Proud Boys' and Mike Peinovich, neo-Nazi, talking about collaboration for the #Charlottesville rally 8/12] by It's Going Down (11:21 AM - 24 Jun 2017) ''Twitter'' (archived from August 13, 2020).</ref> In particular, he claimed that white [[abortion]]s and immigration are leading to "white genocide in the West",<ref>[http://archive.ph/7uy6D This attitude + immigration = white genocide in the West (South Africa's version is much more intense).] by Gavin McInnes (5:42 AM - 26 Jun 2017) ''Twitter'' (archived from 22 Nov 2017 14:08:46 UTC). [[:File:McInnes White Genocide.png]]</ref> that [[South African genocide conspiracy|South African whites are victims of genocide]],<ref>[https://archive.fo/k1gLr The only thing more haunting than the white genocide going on in #SouthAfrica right now is the liberals who scoff at it.] by Gavin McInnes (5:04 PM - 30 Mar 2017) ''Twitter'' (archived from 12 Aug 2018 05:22:03 UTC).</ref> and that the media is pushing [[genocide]] on whites.<ref>[https://archive.fo/rchYa White women: Don't have babies. Also, white women: Have babies if he's black. Black women: Have babies. Also, black women: Don't have babies if he's white.] by Gavin McInnes (11:00 AM - 6 Feb 2018) ''Twitter'' (archived from 12 Aug 2018 04:59:32 UTC). [[:File:McInnes White Babies.jpg]]</ref><ref>[https://archive.ph/wip/CSfdt there’s zero difference between this, and David Duke yelling “white genocide!!!” because he saw an interracial couple in a Nintendo ad] by Brendan Karet (11:08 AM · Feb 6, 2018) ''Twitter'' (archived from 18 Dec 2020 03:09:24 UTC). A reaction to McInnes' tweet.</ref>

==Anti-trans bigotry==
{{main|Transphobia}}
In a 2014 article titled "Transphobia Is Perfectly Natural", McInnes wrote what can only be called a ''screed'' about [[trans people]]. A sampling of the screed reads:<ref>[https://archive.ph/jACvk#selection-895.1-895.32 Transphobia Is Perfectly Natural] by Gavin McInnes (August 12, 2014) ''Thought Catalog'' (archived from 12 Aug 2014 17:26:07 UTC).</ref>
{{quotebox|We’re all transphobic. We aren’t blind. We see there are no old [[Transgender glossary#Tranny|trannies]]. They die of [[Drug abuse|drug overdoses]] and [[suicide]] way before they're 40 and nobody notices because nobody knows them. They are mentally ill [[gays]] who need help, and that help doesn't include being maimed by physicians. These aren't women trapped in a man's body. They are nuts trapped in a crazy person's body. I see them on the streets of New York. They are guys with [[tits]] and a sweatshirt. They wear jeans and New Balance. "What's the matter with simply being a fag who wears makeup?" I think when I see them. You're not a woman. You're a tomboy at best. Get [[Anal sex|fucked in the ass]]. And ladies, if you're a butch [[lesbian]], you’re a lady with a lot of testosterone. Put a dick on a belt and fuck your girlfriend. You don't need to turn your [[vagina]] inside out. You're not a man. You don't even know what Turf Builder is.}}

==Bigotry and denialism==
{{main|Denialism}}
{{cquote|McInnes plays a duplicitous rhetorical game: rejecting white nationalism and, in particular, the term "alt-right" while espousing some of its central tenets. For example, McInnes has himself said it is fair to call him [[Islamophobic]].|||[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]<ref name=splc>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/proud-boys Proud Boys] ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref>}}
McInnes and the Proud Boys have been banned from [[Twitter]], [[Facebook]], and [[Instagram]] for violating policies of use related to promoting violent extremist groups and [[hate speech]].<ref>[https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/facebook-bans-proud-boys Facebook Has Banned The Proud Boys And Gavin McInnes From Its Platforms: The far-right men's group had relied on private Facebook groups and pages to recruit and organize members.] by Brianna Sacks (October 30, 2018, at 9:53 p.m. ET) ''Buzzfeed News''.</ref>

McInnes has frequently said outrageously-racist things and then later when confronted about them, claimed that they were taken out of context or that they were meant as 'jokes',<ref name=abc>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/proud-boys-founder-denies-inciting-violence-responds-feels/story?id=59758209 Proud Boys founder denies inciting violence, responds to whether he feels responsible for group's behavior: Gavin McInnes sat down with ABC News' Paula Faris for "Nightline."] (December 12, 2018, 1:49 PM) ''ABC News''.</ref> but those could just as easily be [[dog whistle]]s to fellow racists or a [[bullying]] tactic (along the lines of 'Can't you take a joke?'<ref>[https://www.glsen.org/activity/i-was-just-kidding I Was Just Kidding]''GLSEN''.</ref>).

What McInnes seems to admit to: transphobia, Islamophobia<ref name=splc/> and [[misogyny]] ("[[Kinder, Küche, Kirche|I believe that 95 percent of women would be happier at home]]. I'm fine with being perceived as a misogynist.)<ref name=abc/>

In November 2018, McInnes claimed to have cut ties with the Proud Boys two days after it was revealed that the [[FBI]] had designated the group as "an extremist group with ties to white nationalism".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/22/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-quits-far-right-group Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes quits 'extremist' far-right group: Move comes after the Guardian exclusively revealed that the FBI had categorized group 'with ties to white nationalism'] by Jason Wilson (22 Nov 2018 15.29 EST) ''The Guardian''.</ref> Nonetheless, he felt compelled to bring a lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center in February 2019 because they designated the Proud Boys as a "general hate" group.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-sues-southern-poverty-law-center-n966701 Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes sues Southern Poverty Law Center over hate group label: The SPLC says the group is "known for anti-Muslim and misogynistic rhetoric" and members "maintain affiliations with known extremists."] (Feb. 4, 2019, 11:21 AM PST) Associated Press via ''NBC News''.</ref>

McInnes labelled [[African American]]s {{wpl|Susan Rice||,}} {{wpl|Jada Pinkett Smith}} and {{wpl|Cory Booker}} with the racist terms [[Alt-right glossary#Dindu|'dindu nuffin']], 'monkey actress' and {{wpl|Sambo (racial term)|Sambo|,}} respectively.<ref name=campbell>[https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/02/15/gavin-mcinnes-wants-you-to-know-hes-totally-not-a-white-supremacist/ Gavin McInnes Wants You to Know He’s Totally Not a White Supremacist] by Jon Campbell (February 15, 2017) ''The Village Voice''.</ref> He wants you to know however that he's ''not'' a [[Nazi]]; otherwise, his followers will harass the fuck out of you.<ref name=campbell/>

McInnes visited [[Israel]] and spouted a bunch of [[antisemitic]] shit that was praised by both [[David Duke]] and [[Richard Spencer]]. Upon listening to the entire video, it's clear that additional context does not make it better.<ref name=goldsbie>[https://www.canadaland.com/rebel-media-star-gavin-mcinnes-has-theories-on-jews/ We Watched Gavin McInnes’s Full Anti-Semitic Rant So You Don’t Have To: The Rebel personality has a lot of thoughts about Jews — and they're even worse in context.] by Jonathan Goldsbie (March 14, 2017) ''CANADALAND''.</ref> McInnes defended [[Holocaust deniers]]:<ref name=goldsbie/>
{{cquote|Like at one point, the [Yad Vashem] tour guide goes, 'You know, and there are people who think that this didn't happen.' And I felt myself defending the super-far-right Nazis, just because I was sick of so much [[brainwashing]]. And I felt like going, 'Well, they never said it didn't happen. What they're saying is that [[Holocaust denial#Death toll and census data|it was much less than six million]] and that they starved to death and [[Holocaust denial#Gas chamber denial|they weren't gassed]].'}}
And he blamed both the [[Holodomor#As an excuse for antisemitism|Holodomor]] and [[World War II]] on Jews.<ref name=goldsbie/>

===Love thy neighbor===
[[File:Hate Has No Home Here - Sign in Urbana-Champaign - Illinois - USA (32752066102).jpg|thumb|right|165px|The sign that hurts Gavin's feelings.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190107143432/https://getoffmylawnpod.libsyn.com/get-off-my-lawn-podcast-101-i-hate-hate-has-no-home-here-signs I hate "hate has no home here" signs] ''Get Off My Lawn Podcast'' #101 (archived from January 7, 2019).</ref>]]
{{cquote|If you have that sign on your lawn, you’re a fucking retard.|||McInnes<ref name=sommer/>}}
Following the Proud Boys' 2018 largely-unprovoked assaults on counter-protesters in [[New York City]],<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/nyregion/proud-boys-verdict-trial.html Two Members of Proud Boys Convicted in Brawl Near Republican Club: The charges resulted from an altercation with anti-fascists after the group’s founder, Gavin McInnes, had spoken in Manhattan.] by Colin Moynihan (Aug 19, 2019) ''The New York Times''.</ref> McInnes' neighbors in suburban Larchmont, New York agreed to put up signs that read "Hate Has No Home Here".<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-mcinnes-whines-his-fellow-rich-neighbors-dont-like-him Gavin McInnes Whines His Fellow Rich Neighbors Don’t Like Him: The self-styled conservative punk lives in a liberal New York enclave where he says he’s the victim of everyone from soccer moms to George Soros.] by Kelly Weill (Updated Nov. 13, 2018 12:01PM ET; Published Nov. 13, 2018 4:44AM ET) ''Huffington Post''.</ref><ref>[https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2018/10/29/amy-siskind-warns-far-right-leader-gavin-mcinnes-lives-here-proud-boys/1810446002/ Amy Siskind warns that far-right leader Gavin McInnes lives here] by Gabriel Rom (Published 4:55 p.m. ET Oct. 29, 2018; Updated 8:32 p.m. ET Oct. 29, 2018) ''The Journal News.'' (lohud).</ref><ref name=campbell3>[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes-neighbors_n_5c2f843ae4b0e755f65c38bc?6mm Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes Can Get Back To Antifa After He Battles His Neighbors: McInnes is complaining that his neighbors’ anti-hate yard signs are an attack on him and his family.] by Andy Campbell (01/04/2019 04:19 pm ET Updated Jan 04, 2019) ''Huffington Post''.</ref><ref>[https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/423986-proud-boys-founder-asked-neighbors-to-take-down-anti-hate-yard Proud Boys founder asked neighbors to take down anti-hate signs: report] by Owen Daugherty (01/04/19 08:37 PM EST) ''The Hill''.</ref><ref name=sommer>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-mcinnes-writes-letters-to-neighbors-to-take-down-anti-hate-signs Gavin McInnes Writes Letters to Neighbors to Take Down Anti-Hate Signs: The Proud Boys founder wants neighbors to be nicer to him after quitting the group. 'Hate certainly has no place here, and like you I am committed to keeping it that way!'] by Will Sommer (Updated Jan. 04, 2019 6:12PM ET; Published Jan. 04, 2019 5:04PM ET) ''The Daily Beast''.</ref> The assaults started after a speech by McInnes at a private [[Republican]] club and included McInnes' reenactment of the violent 1960 assassination of socialist Japanese politician {{wpl|Inejirō Asanuma||.}}<ref name=schaeffer>[https://bedfordandbowery.com/2018/10/inside-the-proud-boy-event-that-sparked-violence-outside-of-uptown-gop-club/ Inside the Proud Boy Event That Sparked Violence Outside of Uptown GOP Club] by Carol Schaeffer (October 13, 2018) ''Bedford+Bowery''.</ref> After 'killing' the socialist in the reenactment, McInnes exhorted, "Never let evil take root." (referring to socialism).<ref name=schaeffer/> McInnes and his wife Emily Jendrisak {{lived|c. 1974|}} took offense at their neighbors' innocuous signs, thinking that they were specifically being targeted. Jendrisak threatened to take legal action against the signs and made direct threats to her neighbors as well as threatening lawsuits against them.<ref name=campbell2>[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-mcinnes-emily-mcinnes-neighbors-over-anti-hate-signs_n_5c34c117e4b05d4e96bcc88d Gavin McInnes' Wife Threatens Neighbors Over ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ Signs: The Proud Boys founder’s newest battleground is his neighborhood; his new enforcer is his wife, Emily McInnes.] by Andy Campbell (01/08/2019 03:25 pm ET).</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200523233030if_/https://twitter.com/AndyBCampbell/status/1082736275466133504 NEW: I've confirmed that the wife of Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes has been threatening neighbors who display "Hate Has No Home Here" signs with lawsuits and accusations] by Andy Campbell (12:30 PM - 8 Jan 2019) ''Twitter'' (archived from May 23, 2020).</ref>

Taken as a whole, the McInnes/Jendrisak attack on lawn signs that were not specifically directed at them looks like a [[friend argument]] under the guise of a failed publicity stunt (McInnes' open letter to his neighbors contained several [[lie]]s; Jendrisak worked in [[public relations]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090123165329/http://gawker.com/127848/vows-emily-jendriasak-and-gavin-mcinnes Vows: Emily Jendriasak and Gavin McInnes] by Jesica (09/28/05 08:10AM) ''Gawker''.</ref>):
*"I am pro-[[gay]], pro-Israel, virulently anti-racist [[libertarian]] of working-class heritage married to a {{wpl|Ho-Chunk}} Indian woman. Like most folks in Larchmont, my wife is a proud [[Democrat]] who voted for [[Hillary Clinton]] in the presidential election.")<ref name=sommer/>
*"I make my living as a [[business]]man and humorist, and as a political and social commentator. Unfortunately because of who I am and how I express these things, my family and I have become the targets of what we all agree does not belong here: Hate."<ref name=sommer/>
*"The Proud Boys are a drinking club I started several years ago as a joke. There is no racial or ethnic component to its membership, its program or the idea behind it. As it is, I quit my involvement with the group recently and have nothing to do with it whatsoever."

Clarifying and correcting these statements, where they haven't already been clarified above: 
*Jendrisak's mother is Ho-Chunk and her father is presumably Slovak-American based on his surname. But not letting a chance to say something bigoted, McInnes has said elsewhere, "I've made my views on [[American Indians|Indians]] very clear. I like them. I actually like them so much, I made three." and "'Don't let the kids be racist.' Those are going to be her [Jendrisak's] last words. Like I'd say to my little Indian kids, ‘All right, boys, now that she's dead, we can focus on some real nigger stuff. Ha ha! Come on, we’re moving [[The South|South]]!'"<ref>[https://www.salon.com/2018/10/17/gavin-mcinnes-and-the-proud-boys-alt-right-without-the-racism/ Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys: "Alt-right without the racism"? Salon reviewed two years of Gavin McInnes "comedy" clips to capture how the Proud Boys leader talks about race] by Amanda Marcotte (October 17, 2018 6:00PM UTC) ''Salon''.</ref>
*McInnes' claim to being a businessman is feeble: since he sold his interest in ''Vice'', his primary business is running his blog.
*McInnes' 'humor' consists primarily trying to provoke outrage, or to 'own the libs'.
*Jendrisak is actually an unaffiliated voter.<ref name=campbell3/>
*Regarding the Proud Boys, McInnes has said, "We will kill you. That's the Proud Boys in a nutshell. We will kill you."<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/18/why-are-proud-boys-so-violent-ask-gavin-mcinnes Why are the Proud Boys so violent? Ask Gavin McInnes] (October 18, 2018) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref>

The Larchmont residents are not idiots, however, despite what McInnes thinks.<ref name=sommer/> Here's what some of McInnes' neighbors had to say about him:
*"If you’re so [[Tolerance|tolerant]], then put up a fucking sign in your yard, too, and stop being so narcissistic as to think that this is all about you."<ref name=campbell3/>
*"He thinks liberals are stupid and will buy into his [[Bullshit|B.S.]] ― as a 'humorist,' he should understand that the joke is on him!"<ref name=campbell3/>
*"Their attempts to turn this around are terribly manipulative."<ref name=campbell2/>

==Was it him who changed... or was it ''Vice''?==
[[File:Gavin McInnes 1990.png|thumb|right|165px|McInnes fronting for his band Anal Chinook in 1990: unchanged]]
{{cquote|The final result is really a group effort. It's like a gang bang where I'm the one getting fucked.|||McInnes, regarding the olden days at ''Vice''<ref>'''Do's & Don'ts: 10 Years of Vice Magazine's Street Fashion Critiques'' by Suroosh Alvi et al. (2004) Warner Books. ISBN 0446692824.</ref>{{rp|3}}}}
One thing must be noted: he has always said crap like he says today, even back when he wrote for ''Vice'', probably starting the (by now unconvincing) trend on the far-right that his more obscene statements were made "[[irony|ironically]]". And he may have written entire early issues of ''Vice'' single-handedly, while definitely setting up the magazine's iconoclastic tone. For example, as noted back in this article, way back in a 2003 profile in ''[[The New York Times]]'' he said: "I love being white and I think it’s something to be very proud of. I don’t want our culture diluted. We need to close the borders now and let everyone assimilate to a Western, white, English-speaking way of life". It's just that back then the magazine "was either bi-partisan or politically apathetic". It was when it started growing and getting more publicity money that McInnes got the purge, as many ad buyers wouldn't put money alongside "controversial" content, which was mostly written by McInnes. Notably, one of the other two co-founders, Suroosh Alvi, admitted to obsessively reading hate literature before starting ''Vice'' and that he moved on from that.<ref>''The Vice Guide to Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll'' by Soorush Alvi et al. (2003) Warner Books. ISBN 0446692816.</ref>{{rp|2}} TL;DR: ''Vice'' was the one who changed; McInnes probably did ''not''.
{{cquote|We want to make America hate again.|||The unending bile of McInnes (2024)<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/28/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes-trump-documentary Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes: ‘We want to make America hate again’: Far-right figure blames ‘corrupt leftwing media’ for January 6 attack on US Capitol in new Trump documentary] by Edward Helmore (28 Oct 2024 14.01 EDT) ''The Guardian''.</ref>}}

==See also==
*[[Richard Spencer]]
*[[Enrique Tarrio]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170425192815/http://officialproudboys.com/ Official Proud Boys magazine]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090809024703/http://www.youtube.com/user/thegavin2000 Gavin's YouTube]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035540/https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/4j1pmp/i_am_gavin_mcinnes_ama/d32wllo/ Gavin McInnes AMA with /r/The_Donald]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylfto5YnOww Proud Boys fail to tear a cardboard antifascist sign in half]

==Notes==
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==References==
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