Gavin McInnes
Gavin Miles McInnes (born July 17, 1970 in Hitchin , England , United Kingdom ) is a Canadian right-wing extremist author , comedian , actor and political commentator. He is a co-founder of Vice Media and Vice Magazine, and until recently hosted Get Off My Lawn on Conservative Review Television . He is a contributor to Taki's Magazine and a past contributor to The Rebel Media and has been a regular guest on television shows on Fox News and TheBlaze .
Career
McInnes co-founded Vice Magazine with Suroosh Alvi and Shane Smith in 1994 . In the media, it is why the nickname "Godfather of Hipstertums" (was Godfather of Hipsterdom ) awarded. He worked for Vice until 2007 and left the editorial team in 2007 due to "creative differences". He then started an advertising agency, which he had to leave when he spoke out against transgender people in an article .
He continues to work as a writer for various TV and online media and as a stand-up comedian .
Life
McInnes was born in England to Scottish parents. His family moved to Canada from the UK when he was seven years old. He lives in Williamsburg (Brooklyn) with his wife and three children . He describes himself as a devout Catholic .
He publicly supported Donald Trump's presidential campaign . The Frankfurter Rundschau describes him in the article "The Hate Hipster " as "a new cult figure of the" Alt-Right "movement". McInnes describes himself as follows: “I'm still the same punk that I was 20 years ago. Except that my target is no longer the bourgeois philistines from the suburbs, but the politically correct left elite. ”He also describes himself as a“ Western chauvinist ”and is a co-founder of the Proud Boys , an anti-feminist group of men that the Southern Poverty Law Center calls “ Hate group "is assessed.
Events 2018
In the course of 2018, the accounts on Twitter and Instagram , including McInnes' Facebook , as well as those of the Proud Boys, were blocked for violating the rules of the respective networks and for inciting violence and hate speech .
On October 12, McInnes participated in a reenactment of the assassination attempt by Otoya Yamaguchi on Inejiro Asanuma at the Metropolitan Republican Club. After the event, there was a fight between members of the Proud Boys and an antifa group. A total of ten members of the Proud Boys were arrested in connection with the incident.
On November 21, McInnes left the Proud Boys shortly after it became known that the FBI was allegedly classifying the Proud Boys as an extremist group with ties to white nationalism . McInnes said his lawyers had advised him to do so in the hopes the resignation could diminish the verdict of the nine Proud Boys members. Two weeks later, the lead special agent of the FBI's Oregon office announced that it was not their intention to label the entire group as "extremist", but merely to describe the possible danger of individual members in this way.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Proud Boys Founder: How He Went From Brooklyn Hipster to Far-Right Provocateur The New York Times, October 16, 2018,
- Jump up ↑ Godfather of Hipsterdom Gavin McInnes: Feminism makes women miserable The Daily Caller, October 23, 2013
- ^ Co-founder Gavin McInnes Finally Leaves 'Vice' Gawker, January 23, 2008
- ↑ Gavin McInnes Placed On 'Indefinite Leave' From Rooster Following Transphobic Article Huffington Post, August 18, 2014
- ^ Gavin McInnes: I was a pro-choice atheist. Then I had kids. Now I'm a God-fearing pro-life Catholic
- ↑ Jens Balzer: When gay New York hipsters get involved in Trump's election campaign Berliner Zeitung, October 9, 2016
- ↑ Sebastian Moll: "Vice Magazine" co-founder Gavin McInnes - Die Hass-Hipster ; Frankfurter Rundschau from October 30, 2018
- ↑ Twitter Suspended Proud Boys And Founder Gavin McInnes Accounts Ahead Of Unite The Right Rally. Retrieved December 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Fruzsina Eordogh: Proud Boys Founder Banned For Copyright Infringement. Accessed December 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Twitter Shuts Down Accounts of Vice Co-Founder Gavin McInnes, Proud Boys Ahead of 'Unite the Right' Rally Variety, August 10, 2018
- ↑ Facebook and Instagram block Proud Boys Frankfurter Rundschau, October 31, 2018
- ^ ML Nestel: Three more arrested in New York City brawl between the Proud Boys and antifa. October 22, 2018, accessed December 25, 2018 .
- ^ Colin Moynihan, Ali Winston: Far-Right Proud Boys Reeling After Arrests and Scrutiny . In: The New York Times . December 23, 2018, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed December 25, 2018]).
- ↑ Jason Wilson: Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes quits 'extremist' far-right group . In: The Guardian . November 22, 2018, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed December 25, 2018]).
- ↑ Keith McMillan: FBI says the Proud Boys is not an extremist group after all. In: The Washington Post. Fred Ryan, December 7, 2018, accessed December 23, 2018 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McInnes, Gavin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McInnes, Gavin Miles (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Comedian and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th July 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hitchin , England |