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The terrifying rise of alt-right fight clubs

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    patience_limited
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    While the article title is clickbaitish and not entirely clear in its references (it's in regard to formal mixed-martial arts sports teams more than Chuck Palahniuk-style basement clubs), it's...

    While the article title is clickbaitish and not entirely clear in its references (it's in regard to formal mixed-martial arts sports teams more than Chuck Palahniuk-style basement clubs), it's still a revealing piece of journalism.

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      Algernon_Asimov
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      If you didn't like the headline, you could have used something different for your title. For example, you could have used the lede instead: "White nationalists are learning mixed martial arts to...

      While the article title is clickbaitish

      If you didn't like the headline, you could have used something different for your title. For example, you could have used the lede instead: "White nationalists are learning mixed martial arts to prepare for race war." Or you could have added the lede to the main headline: "The Terrifying Rise of Alt-Right Fight Clubs: White nationalists are learning mixed martial arts to prepare for race war."

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      1. patience_limited
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        Based on other commentary here, I'm loath to tinker with the original text. I completely agree that it would make sense to add the lede to the main headline, but for Tildes purposes, would like to...

        Based on other commentary here, I'm loath to tinker with the original text. I completely agree that it would make sense to add the lede to the main headline, but for Tildes purposes, would like to adhere to a generally agreed upon community standard and let those who choose to read the article make their own judgments.

        That being said, I have close personal ties into a mixed martial arts community that's vibrantly multiracial, LGBTQ+, and filled with immigrants who have all kinds of legal status; it sickens me that the sport is being co-opted by assholes.

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