Talk:Gavin McInnes

Far-right or just a bias article?
He is just a conservative republican he’s not far-right Media networks tend to take the jokes he says on his talk shows out of context and shape it in its favor 2600:387:8:F:0:0:0:AD (talk) 00:44, 14 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Seconded. He is far-to-the-right of the American Republican Party, but that's not the same things as being objectively far-right. The purpose of describing Gavin McInnes' or others who share his views as "far-right" is to obscure the fact that the subject is a Zionist, philo-semitic, classically liberal, etc., none of which are typically associated with the "far-right," which today is mostly associated with National Socialism and racism. This is probably done intentionally, or maybe those who do it actually believe it. Harry Sibelius (talk) 00:10, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * He's founder of the Proud Boys, "American far-right, neo-fascist, and exclusively male organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States" and designated as a terrorist group in Canada. Doug Weller  talk 13:22, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * If anything, adding "of the American Republican Party" to the phrase "far right" makes someone even more far-right, since that party is itself already pretty right-wing. --Hob Gadling (talk) 14:08, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Doug Weller Yes, that is what the Proud Boys article says. The use of fascist is obviously another problem. McInnes is an economic liberal, and has attacked fascism, often from a liberal standpoint. He has even gone so far as to attack Pinochet, who is often incorrectly described as a fascist, but was in fact an authoritarian neoliberal, which makes McInnes more liberal than Pinochet, and much more liberal than any actual fascist. There is actually a far-better argument for referring to him as far-right than as a fascist. It's not really clear what could objectively be meant by "fascist" in this article, if anything, other than perhaps nationalism and civilian political violence, which is not enough to define someone as fascist: by this definition, the Koumintang, the Vietcong, the French resistance, and the Hong Kong independence movement are all "fascist." Also, in defense of the claim that McInnes is far-right, you cite that his organization is designated as a terrorist group in Canada. So is the Communist Party of Peru. Does that make them far-right?
 * @Hob GadlingI guess an important question to be asked is what is being defined as "right" v.s. "far-right." If you were to look at Wikipedia's definition of both, you would find McInnes much more easily fits into the former category. I personally do not even really agree with Wikipedia's current definition of "right", which, like the American Republican Party, places an emphasis on market economics, which is a mostly 20th-century, Anglo-American conception of "the right", but that is how Wikipedia defines it and that fits McInnes well. Harry Sibelius (talk) 10:32, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * If you were to look at Wikipedia's definition That is not how this works. Every Wikipedia article should be based on its own reliable sources: WP:RS. Editors doing their own research, for instance by comparing how words are defined and used in different articles, is forbidden: WP:OR. What I did above was just to point out a mistake in somebody else's OR. --Hob Gadling (talk) 11:16, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Hob GadlingI don't understand your point. I have changed nothing regarding the use of "far-right" in the article, so I don't think I need to provide sources. I am simply discussing the subject here, on the talk page, following the same example of @Doug Weller, who quoted the Proud Boys' Wikipedia page earlier in this discussion, in support of his description of them as far-right. Like him, I have not used a Wikipedia page, or original research, for any Gavin McInnes claim. I am using it for the purpose of discussion, here. Harry Sibelius (talk) 11:26, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Discussing it here is pointless if it has no consequence for the article, since improving the article is what this page is for: WP:TALK, WP:NOTFORUM. --Hob Gadling (talk) 11:48, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Harry Sibelius I was going to say what Hob Gadling wrote above. Doug Weller  talk 11:27, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Doug WellerAs I have said previously, you take issue with my reference to another Wikipedia article to support my argument, but you have done the exact same thing within this exact same discussion, which is why assumed that it was allowed to do so, on a talk page. I am aware that it is not allowed in an article. I apologize if I am mistaken. Harry Sibelius (talk) 11:47, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I should have been more specific and suggested that you looked at the sources there Doug Weller  talk 11:53, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright, thank you. Will do. Harry Sibelius (talk) 12:00, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Far-right according to Wikipedia is regarding white supremacy and the Proud Boys had an Afro-Cuban as a head, not to mention a lot of members married with children with black women.
 * With the way it stands now, I think it should say “Considered by the left as far-right” because that’s the only ties to the far-right it ACTUALLY has. It’s a biased Wikipedia page and frankly is incorrect factually. 2603:6000:D801:8B8A:C98F:9485:81AE:1F0D (talk) 15:02, 11 May 2023 (UTC)


 * It isn't "far-right according to Wikipedia", it's far-right per multiple independent reliable sources. We report what the sources say. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 15:06, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * "Far-right" according to left leaning sources. The Proud Boys are a boy's club, more akin to "Animal House" that makes rules for each other like not jerking off. Any heritage is welcomed and when they attacked they sometimes fight back. Some acted as bodyguards for some conservatives threatened by Antifa, and that got them into the political sphere.
 * I could find a million biased right-wing sources that would prove Joe Biden shared a bank account with Hunter Biden, but it wouldn't float in water, but biased left-wing sources that claim Gavin McInnes is "far-right" when he doesn't consider himself as that, other than a joke.
 * People ruined this man's life, and his family's lives, with lies because of their biased ideologies. He's had many death threats, almost daily. If you want a true wiki of what Gavin McInnes stands for, it would be making a family. He says that in his show almost every weekday. It's extremely clear there is a bias here. If you want to make the world a better place, it's better to tell the truth. I 100% agree this is a biased article, and whoever did it should be ashamed of themselves. 65.30.167.46 (talk) 21:47, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Members of Proud Boys leadership were found guilty by a jury of seditious conspiracy. That's a bit unusual for "boy's clubs."  Cheers. Dumuzid (talk) 21:51, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Cheers? Exactly the point of the bias shown on this wikipedia page. Members (there is no leadership in the Proud Boys) found guilty for meandering, one of which going to the bathroom in the bathroom, by a jury of people that are "educated" by biased sources like wikipedia, MSNBC, and CNN. Let's start putting facts into things.
 * Let's say you're right and they aren't being held as political prisoners. If any character in "Animal House" committed a crime, the boy's club would not be responsible, the member that did crime would. Western pride is as much of a crime to humanity as black pride or gay pride is. Stop the persecution. 65.30.167.46 (talk) 20:17, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The usual problem in such articles: From the viewpoint of the "Proud Boys", pretty much every source is "left leaning". The few sources right of them are definitely not reliable. So, "left leaning" is not a reason for exclusion. --Hob Gadling (talk) 06:56, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Being left or right does not make you reliable or not, but a left-leaning bias when referring to a right-leaning person, like Gavin McInnes, it makes it less credible. If Gavin considers himself a far-right hate group, that's one thing, but he considers them "western chauvinists."
 * Here's an example of a left leaning source (Associated Press) that calls it a far-right group, when discussing the news of Gavin McInnes SUED for the hate group label:
 * https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-sues-southern-poverty-law-center-n966701
 * As an independent mind, I don't want to see this from a right-wing's perspective, but I'd like this to not be seen from a left-wing's perspective, either. I'm asking for this to say "far-right (according to left-wing sources)" because the TRUTH is the right considers him right wing but definitely not far-right when he's pro Israel. Meanwhile, the left considers him extreme because "Proud Boys" have a stigma of being a far-right group due to misinformation.
 * I agree with the original person that requested this to be a less biased page. 65.30.167.46 (talk) 21:24, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Associated Press does not mention that AP is "left leaning", probably because reliable sources do not think that it is. Your link is actually not to AP, but to NBC, which is also not "left leaning". It seems that you are using different definitions of "left" and "right" from reliable sources. (This is probably because you consider yourself to be in the middle although you are not, and AP is "left" in your eyes because you are to the right of it, but that is just speculation on my part. Maybe you just fell for the right-wing propaganda that labels everything "left-wing" that does not share its delusions.)
 * Anyway, your reasoning has no basis in reliable sources or in reality. --Hob Gadling (talk) 07:37, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * According to allsides.com the AP leans left.
 * I’m not here for my bias, I’m here for the bias against Gavin McInnes. Keyboard warriors can keep Wikipedia pages biased to the left, but people are starting to see through the propaganda. I’m not the one that’s brainwashed. I see it how it is. 2603:6000:D801:8B8A:34C1:61EB:D60D:F6E1 (talk) 23:10, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think allsides.com is understood to be a reliable source. Newimpartial (talk) 23:33, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * WP:ALLSIDES. --Hob Gadling (talk) 06:59, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 June 2023
Change "the Siskind's door" to "the Siskinds' door" in the lawn sign section. The apostrophe is out of place. Colemal (talk) 20:33, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅, removed "the"; sources indicate Amy Siskind, not her family Hyphenation Expert (talk) 21:46, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 April 2024
He was co-founder of the Proud Boys. The other founder was Dante Nero. 158.106.223.158 (talk) 17:33, 16 April 2024 (UTC)


 * In 2016 he founded the Proud Boys, an American far-right organization which was designated a terrorist group in Canada and New Zealand after he left the group.
 * Should be:
 * In 2016 he co-founded the Proud Boys with Dante Nero. The Proud Boys are an American hard-right organization which was designated a terrorist group in Canada and New Zealand after he left the group. 158.106.223.158 (talk) 17:37, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 17:40, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * A reliable source is required that Dante Nero is a co-founder. Simonm223 (talk) 17:58, 16 April 2024 (UTC)