A small sampling of George Michael-related posts is below. However, this article limits itself to establishing that Patrick Sharp is FashyFit–we will draw out conclusions from this fact elsewhere. ( Log Out /  In addition to racism and far-Right politics, AgreeAndAmp/FashyFit appears to have four main enthusiasms: the pickup artist/“Game” subculture, weight training, smoking cigars, and wearing short shorts. Indeed, Sharp published on the white supremacist website Stormfront.org that his father was a “really sort of a race traitor” for remarrying with a Filipino woman. FashyFit has cited Generation Identitaire as a model for North American nationalists to emulate, and retweeted an image of Generation Identitaire street propaganda in France. On at least two occasions, FashyFit has shown his support for French far-Right organization Action Française by retweeting their materials. This article exposes Twitter user FashyFit as Patrick Nelson Sharp, one of the attendees of the November 2016 “Become Who We Are” NPI conference in Washington, DC. While FashyFit’s travels were not limited to Germany, Germany is where he spent most of his time. But Patrick Sharp has also been explicit about his interest in weightlifting, for example writing about this on the Stormfront white power website in 2013. Search query Search Twitter Patrick Sharp is best known for his attempt, in mid-2013, to form a White Student Union at Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta, where Sharp was starting his bachelor’s degree. On December 11, 2016, FashyFit posted a physique pic, although with the head obscured to avoid identification. Patrick Sharp attended an Advanced French Conversation and Composition class in his final semester at GSU [1]. While the account biography has subsequently been changed, in late 2016 and early 2017 the account explicitly stated that it was “Formerly Agree&Amplify.” With the end of the AgreeAndAmp account, FashyFit asked on November 23, 2016 “Do I re-brand back to Agree&Amplify, or stay Fascist Fitness?” Evidently, the decision was to remain as “Fascist Fitness.”. [1]        Information from campus organizer at Georgia State University, name withheld. The monarchist organization, which has its origins in the anti-Dreyfusards, is little-known in America. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Knowing that FashyFit is white power activist Patrick Sharp may be useful to those studying far-Right online communities. Patrick Sharp displays New Order and Depeche Mode as favorite musical acts on his Facebook profile. Finally, “Agree and Amplify” is the name of a track by “fashwave” artist Xurious, which may be a reference to the Twitter personality. The picture is consistent with Patrick Sharp’s physique. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Identity of AgreeAndAmp/FashyFit and Patrick Sharp. The FashyFit account was launched in September 2016, originally posting a mixture of white nationalist, “Alt-Right” and fascist content with strength training/fitness memes. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. This article exposes Twitter user FashyFit as Patrick Nelson Sharp, one of the attendees of the November 2016 “Become Who We Are” NPI conference in Washington, DC. Nevertheless, FashyFit appears to be a fan. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account.

Patrick Sharp is FashyFit. AgreeAndAmp also tagged Tila Tequila in a series of joking Twitter posts in the months before the NPI event. Patrick Sharp (born December 27, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks and Dallas Stars.After his retirement as a player, Sharp joined NBC Sports as an analyst.. Sharp played collegiate hockey at the University of Vermont before he was drafted by the Flyers in 2001. Finally, FashyFit has posted about his love for ‘80s musical acts Depeche Mode and New Order. FashyFit has also posted about smoking cigars and wearing short shorts multiple times. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. While it is too distant to make an identification with certainty, a photo from NPI in 2016 appears to show Patrick Sharp standing behind a table while Spencer (back turned) chats with others. The latest Tweets from PatrickSharp (@PatrickSharp): "Welcome!" The second reason for publishing this documentation is that online activity matters.

Patrick Sharp has demonstrated his appreciation for Action Française–he has “liked” at least two images posted to a Facebook page for Action Française student militants (one of which seems to glorify violence against antifascists and LGBTQ individuals). The AgreeAndAmp online account demonstrated some level of comfort with the French language. Patrick Sharp is known to have increased his participation in face-to-face Alt-Right networking in the metro Atlanta region during 2016. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The account was suspended by Twitter in November 2016. The account name satirizes the Planet Fitness franchise. During 2015, the profile image for Patrick Sharp’s Facebook account was Lewis Hine’s famous photograph “Power house mechanic working on steam pump” (1920). The FashyFit account logo also rips off the Planet Fitness trademark, replacing the Planet Fitness “thumbs up” with a hand giving a Nazi salute, replacing the “Judgement Free Zone” motto with “The Judgement Zone.” The larger masthead for the Twitter account replaces a Planet Fitness building with an image of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. As documented in a memo obtained by our group, in mid-October 2016 Patrick Sharp discussed an upcoming trip to Germany while chatting with another nationalist in the Georgia State Library Courtyard [2]. Patrick Sharp has left much evidence of his interest in the “Game”/Pickup Artist subculture. Patrick Sharp’s fondness for short shorts is well-known. The photo was soon removed. Patrick Sharp is shorter than average (see the earlier photo of Sharp with the 4’11” Tila Tequila for reference.)

Patrick Sharp traveled to Washington DC for the National Policy Institute’s conference in November 2016. On Facebook, Patrick Sharp “liked” a photo of a Generation Identitaire anti-immigrant sticker, suggesting that he is familiar with and supports the movement. ( Log Out /  FashyFit bemoans being the child of divorced parents. These comments are still easily retrievable via Google searches. More importantly, when Bloc Identitaire president Fabrice Robert visited the United States in 2013 at the invitation of American Renaissance, Patrick Sharp expressed his appreciation on Facebook. FashyFit, with over 2,000 followers, is a modestly successful figure on “Alt-Right” Twitter. On October 3, 2016, FashyFit boasted of a different “Alt-Right meet-up that just happened in Atlanta” and posted a photo with faces obscured. The account’s profile stated: “Middle schooler (7th grade) beginning my journey within the Alt-Right and the PUA-sphere.” The acronym “PUA” stands for “Pickup Artist.” The phrase “agree and amplify” (the source of the Twitter account name) is a technique promoted in the pickup artist/“Game” subculture. FashyFit documented his travels to Europe on Twitter, a trip which lasted from December 21, 2016 to January 24, 2016.
Saved searches. Fewer than 275 people attended the National Policy Institute gathering in November 2016.

It strains the imagination to believe that multiple attendees shared all these similarities with AgreeAndAmp/FashyFit. Another inspiration is the “Identitarian” organization Generation Identitaire in France, which is the youth wing of the overall Bloc Identitaire movement. (Our article noted that Sharp traveled to DC for the NPI conference that year also. Change ), Fascist Twitter Personality is Onetime Organizer of Georgia State University “White Student Union”, Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, attracted “almost 275” participants according to, conference participants giving Nazi salutes after a “Hail Trump” speech, his attempt, in mid-2013, to form a White Student Union, in our article about the white power propaganda campaign during Fall Semester 2015 at GSU, “Identitarian” ideas from the European New Right, on the white supremacist website Stormfront.org that his father was a “really sort of a race traitor”, a strange online comment from Patrick Sharp writing under his “frozenpie77” moniker, filmed attending the NPI conference in October 2015, Hitler-loving, conspiracy-mongering reality “star” Tila Tequila, Sharp was recorded taking part in an Alt-Right outing to Stone Mountain Park outside Atlanta, the now-canceled “World Peace” comedy show, photo from NPI in 2016 appears to show Patrick Sharp standing behind a table while Spencer (back turned) chats with others, 2016 group shot of white nationalist Identity Evropa members, “black sun” symbol used by esoteric fascists, The Problem that Didn’t Go Away: White Nationalist Activity on Georgia State University Campus, November 2015 to December 2016 | Atlanta Antifascists, “Right-Wing Gentrification Gangs”: White Nationalists and Atlanta Property Development | Atlanta Antifascists, The Racists on Ridgeland Way: Ground Zero for “Alt-Right” Organizing in Atlanta, “Hitler Did Nothing Wrong”: Spalding County Deputy Sheriffs Express Far-Right Allegiance, Right-wing Self-help Guru Jordan Peterson in Atlanta on June 12: Our Response / Some Further Thoughts on Peterson’s “Enforced Monogamy”, Christopher Gibson: Klansman and “Patriot Front” Sympathizer in Dublin, Georgia.