The Othering of Others

For John, BLUF:  When I was growing up we were still dividing by race, religion and erthnicity.  We seem to have overcome that and are now down to assigning those we disagree with to disfavored categories.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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MSNBC Op-ed:  If You Exercise, You're a Neo-Nazi

From Town Hall, by Reporter Matt Vespa, 24 March 2022, 1:45 PM.

Here is the lede plus two:

The Left has a Nazi fetish. They have an unhealthy obsession with Adolf Hitler.  Maybe it’s because they all secretly want to be him?  After all, he built death camps, put people he hated into them, and systemically murdered them.  It’s what liberals want to do with anyone with whom they disagree, so roughly half the country.  Everything they hate is rooted in racism, sexism, misogyny, or Nazism.  It’s the same old game, but it’s not reaching levels of mockery that we really haven’t approached yet.  I have never seen an op-ed that argues that working out and exercising is akin to Nazism.  It’s all here.  Exercise is a far-right activity.  You cannot make this up (via MSNBC):

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.

Earlier this month, researchers reported that a network of online “fascist fitness” chat groups on the encrypted platform Telegram are recruiting and radicalizing young men with neo-Nazi and white supremacist extremist ideologies.  Initially lured with health tips and strategies for positive physical changes, new recruits are later invited to closed chat groups where far-right content is shared.

Makes me not want to walk laps in the house, or up and down the driveway, for fear that my neighbors with "Black Lives Matter" Flags think I am another Nazi, embedded in a Democratic Party voting City.

Apparently, in the minds of many, the best way to fight fascism is to be a fascist.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff