Proud Boys do have racist undertones. A civil war is brewing in the nationalist fringe. Kyle Chapman, the founder of the Proud Boys’ so-called “tactical defense arm,” made it clear in a message to followers on the encrypted messaging app ‘Telegram’ that he was not happy with the group’s official rejection of racism: “Due to the recent failure of Proud Boy Chairman Enrique Tarrio to conduct himself with honor and courage on the battlefield, it has been decided that I Kyle Chapman reassume my post as President of Proud Boys effective immediately. We will no longer cuck to the left by appointing token negroes as our leaders. We will no longer allow homosexuals or other ‘undesirables’ into our ranks. We will confront the Zionist criminals who wish to destroy our civilization.”