WPWW said:
He's a communist. Or an anarchist. One of those "ists" we're supposed to hate.
He's a committed anarchist. ESPN The Magazine
has an article about him in the latest issue. He tags buildings in his hometown of Olympia, Washington with the anarchist "A." The Secret Service visited him while he was working out in a gym after he wore a t-shirt for a promo that read "Assassinate Bush."
He has a master's in psychology and lives frugally, his biggest UFC check being $13,000. He hasn't paid any taxes since the Iraq War began.
I'm not an anarchist by any stretch but respect people who think for themselves and come to their own conclusions (the exception being White people who are anti-White; they deserve nothing but contempt). Here's a pretty cool story from the article:
"We need somethig that encapsulates the entire Monson experience: athlete, anarchist, protester, mental health professional, challenger of accepted notions. The best place to start that story, the big story, is on a street in Monson's hometown of Olympia.
"Marine Drive runs parallel to the Port of Olympia and leads to the pier where missile-carrying Stryker armored vehicles from nearby Fort Lewis are loaded onto ships bound for Iraq. Monson stood in the middle of this street one day in 2006, holding hands with two guys he'd just met. Those guys were each holding hands with two guys, and the hand-holding went on until a chain of protesters barricaded Marine Drive.
"The police were there too. They removed the protesters in a time-honored fasion, starting on the ends and working toward the middle, taking down one person at a time. They carried them away until two remained. One was typical of the Northwest species of protestor, a 5'6", 140 pounder named Daniel. The other, holding tight to Skinny Dan's hand, was 5'9" and 250 pounds worth of committed anarchist -- and one of the 10 best heavyweight MMA fighters in the world.
"This presented a quandry for the officers. Should they grab Monson and hope he wouldn't break six bones before 10 cops could subdue him? Request that he go peacefully? Beg? There's a good chance that handling this type of crisis isn't taught at the academy. And there was one more complication. Two of the cops were studying Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and they had a class that night. Their teacher: Jeff Monson.
"The two policemen huddled before approaching him. 'We don't want to fight you,' one said, 'but we'd like you to leave.'
"'I'm not going to fight you,' Monson answered. 'And I'm not going to take it out on you in class tonight. I won't fight, but I will resist.'
"The cops rehuddled, then returned. 'If you don't leave, we're going to Taser you. No discussion -- we're just going to Taser you.'
"Monson pointed to a guy holding a video camera. 'How's it going to look if you guys just walk up to me and zap me?'
"Envisioning that scene playing through the news cycle, the cops reconvened. Heads nodded, calls were made. Strykers were rerouted.
"In the Northwest protest community, the story has become legend: The world's most intimidating anarchist/MMA fighter defeats one of the world's most advanced weapons systems."
