A humbled boy
Not such a cheerful inauguration day for Joseph Biggs.
A Proud Boys leader caught on camera storming the U.S. Capitol with a pro-Trump mob has been arrested and charged for participating in the deadly insurrection.
Joseph Biggs, a top organizer with the white nationalist organization, has been slapped with three charges, including obstruction of an official proceeding, for his role in the Jan. 6 riots.
Prosecutors say the 37-year-old Florida resident is a “self-described organizer” of the Proud Boys, which describes itself as a “pro-Western fraternal organization for men who refuse to apologize for creating the modern world; aka Western Chauvinists.”
Biggs can be seen in several videos and photos taken inside the Capitol building, including one where someone shouts out his name. In the video, Biggs pulls down his face mask and declares, “This is awesome,” according to a criminal complaint.
The complaint against Biggs says he was seen on Jan. 6 with “a group of people that hold themselves out as Proud Boys” on the east side of the Capitol. The men were dressed “incognito”—instead of donning the Proud Boys colors of black and yellow, Biggs was “wearing glasses and a dark knit hat, is dressed in a blue and grey plaid shirt,” according to the court papers.
Videos and photos show the men marching down Constitution Avenue during the riots, chanting “Fuck antifa!” and “Whose streets? Our streets!” When the group reached the Capitol, Pezzola broke a window with a clear plastic shield before a swarm of rioters—including Biggs—entered the building, authorities said.
But Trump said he could.
Fucking hell 37? I’m 55 and out of shape and don’t look that old. Even in my beard, glasses, and very probably the exact same army/navy issue “CAP, KNIT, WATCH”. Must be all that organizing.
Yeah the grizzledness does age him, but I’m wondering if at least some of the bulkiness of his frame could be from a bulletproof vest. Maybe it’s just the pattern of the shirt, but it does seem to be covering a body shape that is squarer and blockier than what one would get on a steady diet of Cheetos.
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I’ve got kids older than him and I don’t look that old!
OK, so I don’t have a beard. But my almost-66-year-old husband looks younger (and a hell of a lot fitter) and his beard isn’t nearly so grey.
YNnB, yes, that square, blocky shape is definitely a bulletproof vest, and his friend in black in the second photo is also wearing one. It’s not quite so obvious but you can see its shape in the smooth front to his jacket and the perfect arc where smoot gives way to creases, from his shoulder to halfway down his ribcage.
Those two went dressed for a fight.
I’m 77 (more than twice 37) and I don’t look much older than he does.
I’m 48 and in a wheelchair and even I look younger and fitter than he does.
Also, are we sure this isn’t Phil Jupitus? https://www.chortle.co.uk/images/photos/small/pj_phill_jupitus_17.jpg
Great minds think vaguely similarly: I was thinking more David Cross.
I was thinking he looks like Jim Royle.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-merseyside-52822347
My son is 37, and neither my son nor I look that old. But I was startled at my 30th class reunion how old some of the 48-49 year olds looked; one woman sat next to me and I thought she was someone’s mother until she started apologizing for how badly she treated me in high school.
Yeah, that guy would probably win the prize every time with those ‘guess your age’ guys at fairs.
Amusingly, despite Mr. Biggs proudly proclaiming his membership in a group that he claims “created the modern world”*, he himself has created absolutely nothing: he is a radio talking head. He earns his living not through intelligence, creation, or advancement, but rather by running his mouth.
*Perhaps while in prison, Biggs will have the time to learn more about the cultures (not composed of angry white men) that actually did form the basis of civilization that led to modernity. One doesn’t hold out much hope for such a development, however.
Yeah, no one culture (if you can call white men a ‘culture’; they’re a demographic, yes, but a culture?) can claim to be the sole inventor of the modern world. And if there were one that could, it wouldn’t be white guys. It was a syncretic evolutionary process and led to an eclectic modern world where lots of things coexist, even some that are quite the antitheses of each other.