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* The [https://soulcore.com/ SoulCore] exercise movement was founded by those who used to practice yoga, but are disillusioned by its perceived effects on their Christian (i.e. Catholic) faith, especially when Pope Francis [https://www.catholic.org/news/health/story.php?id=59107 cautioned the faithful] against the (perceived) spiritual dangers of yoga. Similar "Christian asana"/"Christian yoga" movements have sprung up as well, though they have also been criticised as a form of cultural appropriation by Hindu groups. |
* The [https://soulcore.com/ SoulCore] exercise movement was founded by those who used to practice yoga, but are disillusioned by its perceived effects on their Christian (i.e. Catholic) faith, especially when Pope Francis [https://www.catholic.org/news/health/story.php?id=59107 cautioned the faithful] against the (perceived) spiritual dangers of yoga. Similar "Christian asana"/"Christian yoga" movements have sprung up as well, though they have also been criticised as a form of cultural appropriation by Hindu groups. |
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* Self-styled "Bitcoin millionaire" Erik Finman launched the FreedomPHONE in 2021 as a conservative response to smartphone platforms developed and operated by what is perceived by right-wing and/or conservative groups, particularly that of [[Donald Trump]] supporters, as censorious mainstream tech companies, especially when Trump became a social media pariah in the same year due to his role in the attempted insurrection in Washington D.C. In keeping with its appeal to the alt-right, Finman touts the device as "free speech and privacy" above anything else, and has the phone bundled with many alt-tech apps such as Newsmax, Parler, Rumble,Wikipedia DuckDuckGo, and OANN as well as the tracking blocker ClearGM. The [[irony]] is not lost when it was revealed that the phone was merely a [[Dolled-Up Installment|rebadged]] Umidigi A9, a low-end Chinese handset with an anaemic MediaTek system-on-chip being sold for an extortionate price. |
* Self-styled "Bitcoin millionaire" Erik Finman launched the FreedomPHONE in 2021 as a conservative response to smartphone platforms developed and operated by what is perceived by right-wing and/or conservative groups, particularly that of [[Donald Trump]] supporters, as censorious mainstream tech companies, especially when Trump became a social media pariah in the same year due to his role in the attempted insurrection in Washington D.C. In keeping with its appeal to the alt-right, Finman touts the device as "free speech and privacy" above anything else, and has the phone bundled with many alt-tech apps such as Newsmax, Parler, Rumble,Wikipedia DuckDuckGo, and OANN as well as the tracking blocker ClearGM. The [[irony]] is not lost when it was revealed that the phone was merely a [[Dolled-Up Installment|rebadged]] Umidigi A9, a low-end Chinese handset with an anaemic MediaTek system-on-chip being sold for an extortionate price. |
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* The American mobile provider [https://patriotmobile.com/ Patriot Mobile] was founded in 2015 as a conservative Christian counter to perceived liberal bias by major telecom providers, to the point that they'd associate themselves with prominent right-wing groups and write up loads and loads of drivel about how liberals are (supposedly) ruining America, and to top it all off, their undying obsession with firearms. |
* The American mobile provider [https://patriotmobile.com/ Patriot Mobile] was founded in 2015 as a conservative Christian counter to perceived liberal bias by major telecom providers, to the point that they'd associate themselves with prominent right-wing groups and write up loads and loads of drivel about how liberals are (supposedly) ruining America, and to top it all off, their undying obsession with firearms. Never mind the fact that the devices they sell come from companies with decidedly progressive leanings; T-Mobile was criticised for leasing their capacity to such a questionable organisation, but they scoffed off said criticism as they're a utility company with no jurisdiction on who to serve regardless of ideology. |
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