Working out is Far Right Extremist...
Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a researcher in extremism and a professor in the School of Public Affairs and in the School of Education at American University in Washington D.C., wrote an article titled Pandemic fitness trends have gone extreme — literally in MSNBC.
Claimed: white supremacists' latest scheme to valorize violence and hypermasculini ty has gone digital... It appears the far right has taken advantage of pandemic at-home fitness trends to expand its decade-plus radicalization of physical mixed martial arts (MMA) and combat sports spaces.
She warned, in some instances working out is being corrupted by neo-Nazis. "Physical fitness training, especially in combat sports, appeals to the far right for many reasons: fighters are trained to accept significant physical pain, to be 'warriors,' and to embrace messaging around solidarity, heroism, and brotherhood. It's championed as a tool to help fight the 'coming race war' and the street battles that will precede it. Recruits are encouraged to link individual moral virtues such as willpower, decisiveness and courage, with desired collective traits such as virility and manliness... This also works in reverse, with white supremacists encouraging potential recruits or activists to stay in good physical shape as a way of managing self-presentation to the public.' She liken this to Nazis and Hitler's encouragement of boxing and jujitsu." She claimed that this issue is most prevalent in Europe where "... extremists are using combat sports and MMA in radicalizing and promoting far-right violence."
This is not new... This moronic 'expert' has a history of writing for MSNBC labeling everyday activities as Far Right... an example is her article tying "home schooling" to white supremacy.
Hmm... I must be a 'far right' white supremacist because I have a gym set at home and work out daily...
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