Gay Son of Straight Pride Planner Says the Event is a Masquerade for White Supremacists: WATCH

28 YEAR-OLD Matthew Mason, the son of Mylinda Mason, one of the organizers of the Straight Pride event scheduled for August 24th in Modesto, California, has come out to repudiate both his mother, and the other organizers who attended the far-right rally in Charlottesville, VA.

According to The Modesto Bee, “Mason still will address the City Council. He said he supports the right to free speech and peaceful assembly but believes the city should not allow this event because it has the potential for violence. One of the organizers has said the local chapter of the Proud Boys accepted his invitation to attend.”

The New York Times has reported that Proud Boy members attended the 2017 far-right rally in Charlottesville, Va., in which one of the rally participants drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one of them. But a member of the Proud Boys Central Valley Modesto chapter said Friday that Proud Boys were not at Charlottesville. 

And the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the Proud Boys as a hate group, which the group says is not true. Proud Boys describe themselves as “Western Chauvinists.”

The Proud Boys sent an email to The Bee stating it will not attend and has no involvement with the event. Still, Matthew Mason said even inviting the Proud Boys shows the spirit of the event and its potential for violence. “They have the right to express their speech but not to incite violence,” he said.
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