Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>Oh this is great!</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProudBoys</span></a> owed $1 million to Metropolitan African <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Methodist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methodist</span></a> Episcopal Church in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> after the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a> attacked the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> in 2020</p><p>They didn't pay</p><p>So the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> just ruled that the church now *owns* their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trademark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trademark</span></a></p><p>🤣🤣🤣</p><p>An <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AME</span></a> church legally owns the term "Proud Boys" and all of their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/merchandizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>merchandizing</span></a>!</p><p>Couldn't have happened to a nicer <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gang</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/violent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> assholes</p><p>🤣🤣🤣</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/02/04/a-historic-dc-black-church-now-owns-the-proud-boys-name/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonian.com/2025/02/04/a</span><span class="invisible">-historic-dc-black-church-now-owns-the-proud-boys-name/</span></a></p>