{"id":1445695,"date":"2022-04-19T09:34:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T13:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1445695"},"modified":"2022-04-19T09:34:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T13:34:46","slug":"msnbc-ridiculed-for-warning-of-fascist-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-ridiculed-for-warning-of-fascist-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC Ridiculed for Warning of \u201cFascist Fitness\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmsnbc-ridiculed-for-warning-of-fascist-fitness%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1445695&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">An opinion article from MSNBC suggested that White supremacists may be using fitness groups to help recruit new members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The column titled, &#8220;Pandemic fitness trends have gone extreme \u2014 literally&#8221; focused primarily on the assertion that far-right White supremacist groups are using online workout chats to find and encourage extremist beliefs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/not-the-bee-babylon-bee-twitter-account-lock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NOT THE BEE CEO LOCKED OUT OF TWITTER FOLLOWING BABYLON BEE ACCOUNT LOCK<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/640\/320\/Bench-Press.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Man during bench press exercise in gym\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Man during bench press exercise in gym<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; MSNBC opinion columnist Cynthia Miller-Idriss wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Although Miller-Idriss acknowledged that fitness is mostly a hobby that is &#8220;enjoyable and rewarding for brain health and overall well-being,&#8221; she highlighted the connection between fitness and extremist ideals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The intersection of extremism and fitness leans into a shared obsession with the male body, training, masculinity, testosterone, strength and competition. 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 \u2018warriors,\u2019 and to embrace messaging around solidarity, heroism, and brotherhood,&#8221; she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Further on, she even suggested a link to between physical fitness and Hitler\u2019s Nazi party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/640\/320\/nazi-armband-GettyImages-526962772.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Austrian-born German statesman. Ca. 1930. Coloured photograph.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Austrian-born German statesman. Ca. 1930. Coloured photograph.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Physical fitness has always been central to the far right. In \u2018Mein Kampf,\u2019 Hitler fixated on boxing and jujitsu, believing they could help him create an army of millions whose aggressive spirit and impeccably trained bodies, combined with \u2018fanatical love of the fatherland,\u2019 would do more for the German nation than any \u2018mediocre\u2019 tactical weapons training,&#8221; Miller-Idriss wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The article was shared on MSNBC\u2019s Twitter account under the caption &#8220;The far right\u2019s obsession with fitness is going digital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/clay-travis-kamala-harris-vogue-veep-moment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLAY TRAVIS ON \u2018FOX &#038; FRIENDS\u2019: THIS FEELS LIKE \u2018VEEP\u2019 EVERY SINGLE DAY<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tweet along with the article was heavily mocked by critics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/MSNBC-FITNESS.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A tweet from MSNBC stated, \" The far right \/>(Twitter)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Washington Examiner editor Seth Mandel joked &#8220;exercise is nazi.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Federalist correspondent Tristan Justice tweeted, &#8220;In a country where a minority of the population is at a healthy weight, I&#8217;m of the opinion that a greater obsession with fitness would be a good thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The same people who commanded you to \u2018stay home\u2019 are mad about home fitness. It\u2019s almost like they never cared about your health,&#8221; Florida Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a>&#8216; press secretary Christina Pushaw wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, MSNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/msnbc-guest-hitler-putin-ethnic-germans-ambassador-mcfaul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faced backlash<\/a> when former ambassador Michael McFaul suggested Hitler didn\u2019t kill &#8220;ethnic Germans&#8221; or German-speaking people during World War II on &#8220;The Rachel Maddow Show.&#8221; The clip was later shared by the Maddow Blog on Twitter only to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/msnbc-guest-rachel-maddow-show-hitler-auschwitz-memorial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deleted<\/a> with a correction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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