Boogaloo is a loosely affiliated far-right movement that includes a variety of extremist factions and political views. The name is a reference to a slang term for a sequel in this case, a second civil war.
“You have everyone from neo-Nazis and white nationalists to libertarians,” said Cassie Miller, a senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups in the U.S. And while ideologically there might be some differentiation among people who identify with the movement, what unites them is their interest in having complete access to firearms and the belief that the country is heading towards a civil war.”
Hawaiian shirts worn by ‘boogaloos’ link a symbol of peace to violence
People following a movement that promotes violence and a second U.S. civil war have been showing up at protests across the nation armed and wearing tactical gear they also have adopted an unlikely symbol: aloha shirts.
By CALEB JONESAssociated Press
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HONOLULU People following a violent movement that promotes a second U.S. civil war or the breakdown of modern society have been showing up at recent protests across the nation armed and wearing tactical gear. But the anti-government “boogaloo” movement has adopted an unlikely public and online symbol: the so-called Hawaiian shirt.