I Went Down the “Fitness to Far Right” Pipeline

Amala Ekpunobi

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🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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MSNBC went viral after putting out an article alleging that being enthusiastic about fitness may be a gateway to far-right political ideology. Here’s what I found going down the “fitness to far right” rabbit hole.

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Fitness Is Far-Right
https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1678366050285498369

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0:00.0	$999, $999, $1,000.
0:06.0	It's tough stuff, guys.
0:08.0	That was an assignment from my far right fitness fascist group
0:12.0	that I found on the internet.
0:13.0	And now I'm in the middle of a neo-Nazi pipeline.
0:16.0	And every time I do another squat, I'm feeling more and more
0:19.0	like a far right extremist.
0:21.0	At least that's what MSNBC thinks that we are doing
0:25.0	apparently.
0:26.0	They've put out a tweet saying that the far right has an obsession
0:29.0	with fitness, and it's going digital.
0:32.0	Let's talk about it.
0:33.0	Young Apollo with the Buddy!
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0:40.0	I want as many people to find this channel as possible
0:43.0	so you know what to do.
0:44.0	Now, yes, MSNBC has put out this tweet saying
0:48.0	the far right's obsession with fitness is going digital.
0:51.0	Why the far right is really into home fitness?
0:54.0	This is an opinion piece.
0:55.0	And of course, this got a lot of traction on the internet.
0:58.0	And you know what, this isn't the first time they've posted this.
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