Extremistische Influencer -Waffenwaffenheit “, warnt der kanadische Geheimdienstbericht
https://globalnews.ca/news/11309101/extremists-weaponizing-femininity-canadian-intelligence-report/amp/
Extremistische Influencer -Waffenwaffenheit “, warnt der kanadische Geheimdienstbericht
https://globalnews.ca/news/11309101/extremists-weaponizing-femininity-canadian-intelligence-report/amp/
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>“They co-opt lifestyle content such as health and wellness, food blogging, beauty, and motherhood to embed political messages while at the same time appealing to broad audiences,” she said.
>“Importantly, these influencers successfully exploit the visibility and algorithmic amplification of these platforms with the reach of their content, which often passes as apolitical or unproblematic unless you can detect the coded language being used as a radicalization strategy.”
Great article to read! Thank you for posting it!
It’s interesting to have read both this piece and the Sydney Sweeney Urban Outfitters advertisement backlash piece this morning. Both speak to the more subtle covert messaging that (apparently) can easily exist without being questioned or batting an eyelash.
The framing of this article is strange. We do not speak of weaponizing masculinity because traditionally male activities and interests have always been integral to business, politics, and even criminal or extremist activity.
Traditionally female activities and interests used to be divorced from the “public sphere” and relegated to the “private sphere.” For example, men often made deals over a game of golf or discussed politics in exclusively male clubs. Women served on boards and committees, but mostly existed outside this domain.
The main concern of the article, that women may be more easily recruited for extremist activity, gets lost in the reflexive idea that femininity should be relegated to the private sphere. In other words, this article implies that politics have no role in women’s activities and interests. I understand that is not the point they are trying to make.
Edit: I am not sure if conservatives are downvoting me for bringing up gender theory, or if progressives are downvoting me for criticizing an article with a valid concern about online extremism (much of which is right wing). Reddit is a bizarre place.
It’s sexist to do, but anytime I see a woman saying shit about „Traditional marriage“ and the like, I just completely ignore what they say. Why should I, a man, listen to the thoughts of a woman in their ideal world? If they were truly committed to the trad lifestyle, I would never hear their voice. That’s something that should be saved for their husband.
Does this mean all those “Trad Wives” influencers are actually psyop campaigns? That’s crazy.
I was always skeptical of content promoting traditional values or lifestyles, but I ignored them simply because some people choose to live their lives like that, and there’s ultimately nothing wrong with that as long as they mind their business.
But, it is problematic when diehard traditionalists use that as an excuse to attack modernism, like LGBTQ+ rights, for example. Content like this is also a gateway to a rabbit hole of far-right content. It’s hard not to feel like some foreign government isn’t behind all this with the goal of dividing the west.
This is just the female version of the manosphere, because traditional women are what manosphere followers look for as partners.
Well, rather then othering and/or cancelling these people one could instead work with them to find common things you can agree on. Trads are trying to find stability with an eye to the past, but trying to make one’s home more self reliant could be considered a green or leftist project as well.