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This woman would not have been the only 'proud girl' at the riot ,, hence my previous twitter suggesting "proud Boys Girls" and "Proud Girls" should be included in this ruling in NZ , not just relegated to "supporters" in the legal frame.
""Felicia Konold's claim that the chapter recruited her and she was “with them now," even though she's not from the Kansas City area, has intrigued experts who study extremist right-wing movements"""
The patterns observed in my research clearly evidence when it is made harder for the men to operate , the groups gender tenets can be tactically ignored so women can fill the gap.
“The fact she has that coin, the challenge coin, tells me there is something happening around gender in the Proud Boys & it is something worth paying attention to,” said Ward, the executive director of the Western States Center, a civil rights advocacy group. #TrueStory
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🧵 NZ's Conspirituality subculture has a role in the amplification of social division through love, peace, wellness and spiritual semantics. More importantly it has it's own potential extremist component, let's not overlook it or mislabel it as 'far right' due to overlaps 1/
Echoing a strain of international protestors from health, fitness, and spiritual communities these Kiwi peddlers market hyper-driven ideologies about health measures and government responses. They recruit with enticing assurances (manipulations) about wellbeing and knowledge 2/
Cult researcher, Matthew Remski (2021) describes Conspirituality as today’s intersection between “left-wing wellness” & “right-wing conspiracy theories” which explains why some yoga & wellness folks have fallen into the influences of covid denial and QAnon-type influences. 3/
And the sexism , misinformation ,and so much more .
Using the right to protest is a weak out but I get the basic dilemma, regardless , bystander and observers often reported concerning rhetoric and behaviour - ‘polite’ hate and bigotry is still hate and bigotry.
"Most of the people who Thomas met and were involved with, inspired by, or linked to ONA were predominately “males, between 16- 24, middle class, well educated,” who study at college or university and look “for something that’s edgy.”"
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‘Satanism’ is defined as occult practices that include the worship of Satan and rejection of Judeo-Christian
religions, in favour of Nazism. Informative CARR report on NZ that includes Kerry Bolton.
Deflections / Defenses 'so I'm a bad mother for wanting a traditional family ' line are absolutely incorrect - do not fall for it. Want a traditional lifestyle - go for it , add in racist, anti govt agendas etc then its not so innocent. 1/ stuff.co.nz/national/30062…
RWE women connect with mainstream women with the same issues and concerns. If they want to redpill other women this gives them a bonding point, over time it becomes traditional family is wrecked because feminism made women work, its failed them , emasculated men. Victimhood 2/
This gives space for anti state / anti govt discourse. It is the states fault that often both parents have to work , its all part of the state agenda and racism can also now come into it. Migrants are taking up (white) men's space in society, its all a 'plan' against 'white' 3/
The counter narrative with the expected diversion and downplay. This framing can be a discussion but do not forget the other ideological tenets these individual tote and the combination of these. IE government overthrow, political conspiracy theories etc. Revealing combination
Comments under it having a taint of the manosphere " which is a whole other conversation about potential extremism. The usual outrage and emailing to stuff. Phil Arps wants to deny MD the right to vote.
the usual men and women are biologically different and prove the point about families being used to emotionally support extreme ideals as sold by Counterspin etc. Eg. " ..For the children's sake" and a diatribe painting it all simply as "wanting my marriage to work ..." etc
While there is a demographic (ex military, MMA) signing up to various extremes, the 'numbers' are overseas, NZ will be lower. This embellishment downplays NZ Police/STG/AOS outnumber such as fringe group overthrow, but threats such as just this scream "arrest me" again.