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A new report shared with VICE News outlines the massive growth so-called Active Clubs, neo-Nazi fitness and fight clubs, have experienced in both the United States and internationally.

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[–] DrugsMcChrist@lemmy.ml 55 points 1 year ago

so what you're saying is there are clubs where I can find nazis, and punch them

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Made up of guys who make Tyler Durden their personality. Makes sense.

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If they can actually follow through and destroy the entire financial banking systems data centers at the end....Then there'd be at least one thing positive Nazis did.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I know this is number 123 on the list of bad things about nazis, I have a relative who spent a less than enjoyable holiday in Dachau during the war, but it really annoys me how they've all co-opted Norse/Viking mythology and symbols.

There's this webshop in Sweden which sells really cool rune and viking crap. Really nerdy stuff, I think owned by one of the guys from metal band Amon Amarth (who AFAIK are not racist), also made stuff for the show vikings.

But 9/10 people wearing their stuff or stuff like it are far right. It's really annoying. I like Viking stuff. It's really cool. I'm a big guy, do a bit of weight lifting, so I can pull it off. But I really don't want to be associated with weird weedy incel racists living in trailers.

[–] brognak@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

Can confirm Amon Amarth 100% not white supremacists, they have spoken out about how much they utterly despise they appropriation of their cultural heritage for racist purposes.

Buying their merch is super tricky as a white dude who lives in New England. Was at their show recently and most of their shirts have giant Mjolnir on them, and YOU and I know it isn't being used by racists, but a random on the street wouldn't 😅. Did end up with a rad hoodie with stylized Geri and Freki though.

[–] lyam23@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The co-option classical and ancient Western culture sucks but it's pretty typical of fascism. It's even in the name. I'm interested in fitness, Hellenistic culture and history, Western mythology and philosophy, Jungian psychology, and YouTube think pieces. It's extremely hard to find videos on these topics that aren't actually being produced by crypto fascists.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can see how that would be a problem.

If I watch any kind of documentary on youtube, it'll inevitably start serving up pseudo-intellectuals and crypto-fascists.

The comment sections are inevitably very culty too. Pretty scary stuff, because that's a very effective way to convince the unaware that the charlatan they're watching is actually a great thinker.

Important to stay (self-)critical and google stuff/people.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 year ago

As long as someone's punching nazis, I guess.

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Makes sense, they get kicked out of civilized gyms.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

Now I’m wondering how many of the little CrossFit gyms with skull logos and blacked out workout equipment are actually Nazi training clubs. They seem to be attracting similar audiences.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So they fight each other? That's great, keep doing that.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Punching nazis sounds like fun, wo I don't really blame them

[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

This is how baby Blackshirts are made.

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Remember, Hitler's movement started in barroom brawls.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I mean, I’m all for these already brain-damaged cunts beating on each other.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good. Kill and maim each other for a change, instead of the rest of us!

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, this is not good, jesus fucking christ. They're practicing while their counterforce is at the keyboards.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I boxed for many years, dudes who get knocked out a whole bunch of times are generally slower and easier to knock out. These morons probably pride themselves on bare knuckle type shit. Wouldn't surprise me if they routinely land each other in the hospital.

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

From what I know of history, I just feel that underestimating nazis is a bad strategy.

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Practicing what exactly? Losing brain cells?

If it comes down to there being any form of political power being dictated by such single combat, society will already be irredeemably fucked.

These people are just squirting toxic masculinity onto each other. Who gives a shit?

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

It's the organizing that should scare you. These groups grow comaradarie and start showing up in other areas of daily life to push agendas that should scare freedom loving people. Growing a community of hate while other groups just sit around and think that "it can't happen here" while attacking each other instead of organizing is what bothers me.

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

they are training to beat you.