🧵 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/

Disappointing given the anti state rhetoric this individual engages in and the disruption to residents on multiple occasions . Plus the bigotry .

stuff.co.nz/the-press/news… And the sexism , misinformation ,and so much more .

How Satanism has Transformed Neo-Nazi Violence

radicalrightanalysis.com/2021/11/24/how… "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.”"

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/

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.

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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.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1543271539361062912

""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"""

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. 1news.co.nz/2022/02/28/jud…