Here is another article from Euronews:
https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/31/dem ... nfluencers
Quote:
A small, slick contingent of young Orthodox stars are harnessing social media to spread extreme messages around the globe.
“Democracy is a tool of Satan that has been perfected by Jews and their gentile allies in secret societies to take sly control of nations while allowing citizens to feel that they have a choice in the matter, keeping them compliant and dumb.”
These are the written words of Roosh Valizadeh.
In his rampantly anti-Semitic online writings - which parrot the classic line that Jews run the world – the former pickup and alt-right blogger, turned Orthodox zealot, talks about a once Christian West transformed into a state of “Jewish pornographic sewage”.
Alleged national decline is a prominent theme in the American’s writings, believing untold millions in the Western world have sold their “souls for comfort, money, and sex”.
"America’s “moral sickness” is in its terminal stage,” he wrote in one blog post. “The boomers are busy counting their money, Gen X is trying to keep their 2.1 children from becoming gay, millennials opened Pandora’s box on degeneracy… and the zoomers may not be able to keep their brains intact from being exposed to hardcore pornography at the age of eight.”
‘They’re done with democracy’
Roosh V is just one of a small clique of more radical Orthodox internet celebrities.
Orthodox Christianity in the United States is a very complex religious scene, with each influencer having their own particular brand.
Historically Orthodoxy was the faith of Eastern European immigrants. However, Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, assistant professor of religion and anthropology at Northeastern University, told Euronews the religion is being pulled to the right, "even alt-right", by a rising cohort of home-grown converts.
“They go by labels like traditionalist, America First, patriots or monarchists. They use all sorts of different political descriptors. But one of the things they have in common is that they’re largely far-right. They're kind of done with American democracy,” she said.
Many tap into disaffection within religious communities that mainstream church leaders and right-wing politicians have let society turn its back on religion and morality.
Using meme culture, their own websites and social media platforms, such as Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, the Orthodox celebs reach tens of thousands of people on a daily basis.
“What’s drawing people specifically to Orthodoxy is they see it as a faith that is unchanged, one that has kept to traditional gender roles, forms of patriarchy and hierarchy,” Riccardi-Swartz explained. “That's really appealing to a community that feels like society and gender roles are shifting rapidly.”
“It's fascinating that they use social media to expand their base and movement, which is a lot about getting back to the land... and going offline,” she added, pointing out how modern technologies were ironically being used to revive deeply traditional societies....
The link by the name Roosh Valizadeh :
https://x.com/rooshv shows that his X account was shut down for violating the "X Rules" -- I wonder what rule he could have violated? Maybe he personally insulted Elon Musk somehow?
Anyway, this Roosh Valizadeh is quite a character:
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/ext ... valizadeh/
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06 Jan 2025, 9:47 am
