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| | "Yet another piece of her lived experience that she really brings to this role as Vice President in this moment of crisis, and that is her role as prosecutor, right? This is somebody who is used to kind of taking on bad guys for a living. And so, her really putting her finger in the chest of Vladimir Putin and saying that there will be consequences."</i></blockquote></ref> | | "Yet another piece of her lived experience that she really brings to this role as Vice President in this moment of crisis, and that is her role as prosecutor, right? This is somebody who is used to kind of taking on bad guys for a living. And so, her really putting her finger in the chest of Vladimir Putin and saying that there will be consequences."</i></blockquote></ref> |
| − | In March 2022, an MSNBC Op-Ed was roasted for claiming fitness is ‘central’ to fascism.<ref>Dylan Housman, "[https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/23/msnbc-fitness-fascism-twitter-cynthia-miller-idriss MSNBC Op-Ed Roasted For Claiming Fitness Is ‘Central’ To Fascism]", ''Daily Caller'', March 23, 2022.<blockquote> | + | In March 2022, an MSNBC Op-Ed was roasted for claiming fitness is ‘central’ to fascism.<ref>Lindsay Kornick, [https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-ridiculed-warning-fascist-fitness MSNBC opinion article ridiculed for warning about 'fascist fitness'], ''Fox News'', 23 March 2022.<br><i> |
| | + | The column also linked Hitler's Nazi party to physical fitness.</i></ref><ref>Dylan Housman, "[https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/23/msnbc-fitness-fascism-twitter-cynthia-miller-idriss MSNBC Op-Ed Roasted For Claiming Fitness Is ‘Central’ To Fascism]", ''Daily Caller'', March 23, 2022.<blockquote> |
| | An MSNBC op-ed is getting viciously slammed online for claiming that fitness has been co-opted by the far-right, and that working out is “central” to fascism. | | An MSNBC op-ed is getting viciously slammed online for claiming that fitness has been co-opted by the far-right, and that working out is “central” to fascism. |
| | Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a professor at American University studying polarization and extremism, wrote that the far-right has taken advantage of the pandemic trend of at-home fitness to further expand its radicalization efforts. She cited research on alleged “fascist fitness” chats where young men are lured into communities to discuss fitness only to be inundated with fascist messaging later on.</blockquote></ref> In fact, the [[Talmud]] is for witness, as prominent Talmudist Maimonides (1138-1204) urges to make exercise.<ref>[https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/910344/jewish/Deot-Chapter-Four.htm De'ot - Chapter Four], By Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ("Maimonides"); translated by Eliyahu Touger</ref> that one <blockquote>should work or exert himself in some other way. The rule is that he should engage his body and exert himself in a sweat-producing task each morning. Afterwards, he should rest slightly until he regains composure and [then, he should] eat. If he were to bathe in hot water after exerting himself, it would be beneficial. Afterwards, he should wait a short while and eat.</blockquote> | | Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a professor at American University studying polarization and extremism, wrote that the far-right has taken advantage of the pandemic trend of at-home fitness to further expand its radicalization efforts. She cited research on alleged “fascist fitness” chats where young men are lured into communities to discuss fitness only to be inundated with fascist messaging later on.</blockquote></ref> In fact, the [[Talmud]] is for witness, as prominent Talmudist Maimonides (1138-1204) urges to make exercise.<ref>[https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/910344/jewish/Deot-Chapter-Four.htm De'ot - Chapter Four], By Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ("Maimonides"); translated by Eliyahu Touger</ref> that one <blockquote>should work or exert himself in some other way. The rule is that he should engage his body and exert himself in a sweat-producing task each morning. Afterwards, he should rest slightly until he regains composure and [then, he should] eat. If he were to bathe in hot water after exerting himself, it would be beneficial. Afterwards, he should wait a short while and eat.</blockquote> |