>A report by the Tech Transparency Project last month identified 125 Facebook groups that were dedicated to โb--galoo,โ and more than 60% of those had been created between February and April. On those pages, shitposting, **racism** and anti-government memes intermingle. Thatโs typical for b--galoo pages, according to a February report by the National Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), which tracks how **hate** moves from the internet into the real world.
>โWhile many still use the b--galoo meme jokingly, an increasing number of people employ the phrase to incite an apocalyptic confrontation with law enforcement and government officials or to provoke **ethnic warfare**,โ NCRI wrote.
>The incident in West Odessa, Texas, was just the latest example of **extremists**, including b--galoo bois, taking up arms in response to lockdown orders.
