Look, I’m no detective. I lack the intelligence, training, qualifications, and decency to perform such a job — much like an ICE agent — I’m just saying that the Proud Boys seem to have all but disappeared since January of 2025 while ICE recruitment has exploded. And I’m no big comic book aficionado, either. I lack the patience, understanding of themes, and appreciation of art — just like an ICE agent. However, unlike an ICE agent, I do have the ability to recognize a pattern from history when I see one, and this whole thing smacks of the same tropes of a Clark Kent/Superman archetype.
As we know, Clark Kent wore a pair of glasses and a business suit to hide his true identity, and it seems like the Proud Boys took inspiration from DC’s lazy disguise by slapping on a differently hued gaiter and some extra gear from a discount military surplus store that looks exactly like something they saw in a Call of Duty game.
I seem to remember the Proud Boys staging protests more or less constantly throughout the last eight years. What happened? Even though I would piss on them if they were on fire (notice I said would– I absolutely would piss on them if they were on fire because it’s not like my stream of urine is going to put out the blaze, and now they’re burning to death and covered in my piss) I still believe they have the right to express their dogshit, bootlicking opinions. But then Trump got inaugurated, and then Elon Musk, the only immigrant that is actively destroying this country, did a Nazi salute, and then blammo! It’s as if Metropolis were under attack, and the Proud Boys all of a sudden had to go make a call in a phone booth.
But instead of Superman’s need to protect all people from danger, guided by a moral code rooted in goodness and helping humanity, a similar intrinsic pull occurred within the Proud Boys. That, of course, is finally getting the green light to terrorize and murder people they don’t like in exchange for money. Now there are ICE agents everywhere inexplicably.
Gosh, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say that they were actually the same people.
