Combat sport clubs have been used to boost recruitment for a white nationalist hate group, according to a report released by the legal advocacy organization Southern Poverty Law Center.
The report tracks the efforts of the Patriot Front — one of the most visible groups in the white nationalist movement, formed following the deadly ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 — and their focus on recruiting new members through Active Clubs.
These clubs are smaller, looser networks of white supremacist groups, where members train in mixed martial arts. Through sport, they bond over white nationalist ideologies, SPLC said. The clubs also maintain a robust online presence to encourage young men to become radicalized. Patriot Front is using these groups to expand their reach while maintaining a low profile, the report said, to evade researchers and law enforcement.
Hey friend. Your comment reads as peak smug absurdity-as-argument — You mix bad analogies, pseudo-clever sarcasm, and a bonkers nationalist caricature, and try to pass it off as deep insight. Your rhetorical style signals more of a need to perform than to engage.
If your point is that Switzerland only exists because it keeps other people out, that’s a wild misread of how the country functions. Swiss cohesion isn’t built on mutual hatred or fear — it’s built on cooperation despite internal differences. The Swiss cantons are linguistically and culturally diverse, yet they manage to function through a shared system of governance and mutual respect. That’s the exact opposite of a hate-based foundation.
And saying hatred can be a “foundation” is like claiming you can build a house on quicksand if you just pour enough concrete on top. Maybe it stands for a bit, but it’s a constant maintenance problem — not a model of strength.
If you want to defend hate as a basis for meaningful connection, you’ll need more than glib remarks and half-baked metaphors.