• xxce2AAb@feddit.dk
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    Speaking as a Dane, I’d really appreciate it if Nazis and other fascists would stop appropriating my culture, thanks.

    (Everybody else are more than welcome to appropriate the hell out of it, though. Go nuts. I mean, the only thing more badass than a Viking is a Black Viking, obviously. That’s like a Ninja Pirate, except better.)

    Here’s a little offering to compensate for my rant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BsKIP4uYM&list=RDh1BsKIP4uYM

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    I just find it hilarious that Vikings are famously known for targeting and killing Christians. They weren’t nice about it either. Blood eagle was a particularly vile way to go out.

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      What does the lightning bolt stand for? Some kind if rune-like symbol?

      I mean, I’d be happy to have an ELI5 of the whole meme because I’ve never been so lost.

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        From Google: A lightning bolt symbol is notoriously used to signify hate. The Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS) used two parallel lightning bolts derived from a pre-Roman runic alphabet.

        That SAID- They typically use TWO lightning bolts, but it was a very odd choice to use lightning for that particular like… Brand, I guess.

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    What is with this ugly ass font appearing constantly now as of like 3 days ago?

    Edit: OP’s account is 5 days old. Hmmm…

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    Isn’t it weird how these white American fuckos have conglomerated Viking warriors, Jewish mystics, and Greek philosophers all into one pastiche identity, and then somehow laid claim to it, when their ancestors are more likely Dutch or English? The fetishization of Vikings… yeesh. We get it: you are a big warrior man. Yarrrgh.

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      It was a well known practice in Nazism. Cultural appropriation is a way to bolster their national pride and identity ironically enough.

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      I can’t take him seriously because he’s entirely unqualified and clearly shitting his pants, the dumbass look on his face just makes it easier to get meme content off him.