It's a meme. Somehow, memes from right-leaning sites are picked up by the left and portrayed as a real-world threat that may be lurking around every corner.
Hawaiian shirts combined with tacticool gear became part of it. I believe it started as a play on the word boogaloo and it turned into "big luau" and the memes morphed accordingly. I think it's hilarious, with guys posting their "load outs" with a plate carrier, a Hawaiian print apron and flip flops. Apparently, people posting pictures of a flower print banana hammock and a thigh holster are the next wave of white supremacists. Look out, it's the 1930's all over again.
I've read elsewhere that conservative/moderates consume between 50/50 to 60/40 mix of right and left leaning information sources while liberal/left leaning gets almost 90-95% of their information from left/far left information sources. Based on that, it makes sense that if they happen across something like the boog meme, they compare it to their usual sources and proceed to generate something like that Wiki page.
As far as I'm aware, it's just another meme that's been blown far out of proportion by the left.
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