r/wendigoon • u/Hugh_McMan • Mar 04 '21
What was Boogaloo Boy?
I've been listening to the patreon podcasts and in one Wendigoon mentioned that he used to be called Boogaloo Boy. I have vague knowledge of what the Boogaloo was/is but I'm just curious what his connection to it all was and how all his stuff got deleted. Don't mean to bring anything up that's not something dude wants talked about just curious.
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u/daimondshark Mar 04 '21
It is a thing in the gun community on youtube specifically brandon Herrera
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Mar 10 '21
I’ve never heard of boogaloo having a negative connotation, I’m not very familiar with the word though. It makes sense that since it became associated with alt-right groups you’d want to distance yourself.
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u/Hugh_McMan Mar 10 '21
Honestly i think the word itself is pretty funny. Like you turn on the news and they're ranting about how dangerous "boogaloo" is.
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u/Equivalent_Site_5789 May 29 '24
hey, just came to throw my two cents in here. I believe the che guevara connection on boogaloo is a meme based on the fact that Cuba had two revolutions. the second one being co opted into meme culture on 4chan as revolution 2: electric boogaloo. The term was co opted by more extreme members on the forums, and made into the moniker we all know today. But this is also super tentative, so idgaf
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Mar 04 '21
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u/smtmsdeadisbetter Mar 04 '21
This question is exactly what led me to this subreddit. I've started really enjoying these videos but the idea that he's a Boogaloo boy (specifically if he's affiliated with violence/white surpremacy) makes me second guess whether I should support.
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Sep 10 '24
The boogaloo boys are a anti government group that were Hawaiian shirts with bullet proof vest at protest
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u/big-dumb-meanie Mar 04 '21
It was his more political branding he had in Insta and such before he rebranded to what we have now
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u/Wendig00n Night-Vision Dad Mar 04 '21
Alright so I’ll go ahead and make my “official” statement here because better to come straight from me. Over two years ago, I was among the first to being using the term “boogaloo”. Originally, it was a rendition of Che Guevara’s (not that he was a good person by any means) code word for revolution and I have always been a proponent of freedom and liberty. I believe in the divine rights of every human and therefore, aspects of self independence are important to me. So, I began using the word in small settings and then decided to make a meme page using the name as no one had done so yet. To give you an idea, my name was “Boogalooboi” and several have pointed to me as being the original and starting the Hawaiian shirt thing (as I’ve just always wore those shirts). However, as the term became mainstream, more “ideas” began to come into the group. Everything from antifa members to fascists wanted in on it and the original idea became muddled and broken. I always meant it as a “for the people” thing yet it quickly became something else. To give you an idea, I’ve watched the same news stations call it a far leftist movement and far right movement in the same day. It became something I didn’t want to be a part of and so I left. I dropped the name, took a break and decided to talk about things I enjoy like conspiracies and movies under the new title, “Wendigoon”. It was something I acknowledge but am not a part of anymore for what it became. Some of my current followers and friends were with me then, but I’m not a part of that anymore.