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Texan parents face down Proud Boys
Proud Boys stormed into public libraries during Pride-themed storytime events where they menaced and hurled slurs at attendees and their children. Police did not stop the Proud Boys from entering the buildings and no arrests were made in San Francisco, CA and in Wilmington, NC.
But, in McKinney, TX, some volunteers from Moms Demand Action, an organization pushing for gun control policies across the country, just weren’t gonna have it.
“We had seen through social media that hate groups planned to protest and disrupt the event like we’ve seen happen in other areas of North Texas,” said Kathyrn Vargas, a parent who attended with her three kids. “We discussed not attending [the Pride-themed storytime], but after preparing our oldest for what we might see, we ultimately decided that being an ally means showing up,” Vargas told TRNN. “Local groups — LGBTQ community members and allies — had organized and arrived early with signs to take up space at the entrance and block out the hate groups that started showing up. Even as more protesters showed up, those there to spread love and shield kids from any hatred outnumbered them 5 to 1. Story time itself was fun and without incident.”
The Proud Boys and other far-right extremist groups are armed and dangerous. They are home-grown…
