Some of the Viking reenactors I know are giving it up because of the unfortunate association with far-right groups. I do not blame them for doing this, as I am sure it’s quite upsetting to be mistaken for a neo-Nazi. I support people doing whatever they have to to avoid this.
However, I am really bothered by the idea that there’s something *morally correct* about ceding your passions to supremacist groups. I am deeply uncomfortable with the praise such people have gotten for “doing the right thing”. You know what that’s saying? It’s saying that racists can point to whatever they please and go “it’s ours now”, and *by your own standards* you have to give it to them! Not only did you build the most exploitable loophole ever, you’ve practically drawn them a map!
I do not wish to acquiesce to neo-Nazis in any other context, and I’m not starting now. Hate groups do not get to set the standards for my communities. I’m genetically disabled and engaged to a Jew, and I *delight* in the middle finger my presence in Viking reenactment holds up to Nazi ideology. Like hell I’m going to go “oops, my bad, this actually *does* belong to you!”
It doesn’t. It doesn’t get to. History belongs to goddamn everyone, and in fact *making people think it doesn’t* is one of the great tragedies of racism. I sincerely believe that connecting to shared human heritage is one of this world’s foremost delights, and supremacist groups do not get a say in how I express that.
This is literally something /pol/ knows and exploits.
Maybe the pendulum swings and white people wave to stay in their lane and can *only* play vikings. Stranger things have happened.
In what other ways does /pol/ exploit this? I can think of a couple.
Think the ‘It’s Okay to be White’ thing from a while back. Clearly a /pol/ op and everyone knows it’s a /pol/ op, but knowing it’s a /pol/ op gets people to overextend and say that everyone saying it’s okay to be white is a far-right white nationalist.
Or Pepe memes, for that matter.
Honestly, I’m not expecting the left to die on this hill, or on any of the others, but I would like to see them fucking fight on one for once, instead of immediately retreating to the next one the moment some asshole starts to climb it. Make a goddamn stand for once and say ‘no, you can’t have this, this belongs to us/everyone’ instead of immediately ceding ground and then claiming anyone who didn’t run away with them fast enough is just another enemy pursuing them.
Make a goddamn stand for once and say ‘no, you can’t have this, this belongs to us/everyone’ instead of immediately ceding ground and then claiming anyone who didn’t run away with them fast enough is just another enemy pursuing them.
I know it’s poor forum etiquette to quote something only to shout “FUCKING THIS”, but…FUCKING THIS
I think they’re trying with the word “cozy” too. They use it all the time because they think it would be funny if it becomes too “racist” to use like what happened somewhat with the “ok” symbol.
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