From Gamergate to 4chan, it is clear that video game culture and obscure memes run through the veins of far-right discourse and organizing.
And finally, it sarcastically claims that the 1999 kid-friendly platformer video game Spyro the Dragon informed the shooter’s violent ethnonationalism. It calls for the extermination of Muslims and Turks across Europe. It argues that immigration is an unarmed invasion and thus the violence of the shooting was justified as self-defense. Titled “The Great Replacement,” a reference to a conspiracy theory that non-white immigration is part of a plot to “replace” white people with people of color, the shooter’s manifesto cites decreasing white birth rates, the prevalence of queer people, and Jewish influence as responsible for western collapse. A simple look at the shooter’s manifesto reveals a collection of ironic statements, tongue-in-cheek in-jokes and other internet memes, a foreign language for some, but classic staples of any internet dialogue. There is more to the shooting, however, than just the reactionary and racist. But it is clear that the shooting is a part of a broader rising tide of white nationalist violence and terrorism. I suspect the problem is bigger in Europe because a lot of europeans feel closer to the idea of crusaders than a lot of Americans who might see the great frontier western cowboy era as their nostalgic period of reminiscent cool strong hero dudes.The Christchurch massacre on March 15 utterly shocked the world with its brutality, devastating a Muslim community which thought itself safe from the forces of Islamophobia. It's really telling, but not uncommon from my experience. This review by History Buffs- A really fun historic movie channel, have this review of Kingdom of Heaven DC that goes off the rails, because its historical revisionist (code for: too kind to the evil muslims). The bad crusaders where just a few rogue individuals. Noble knights who just wanted to guard the passageways to the holy lands and protect the pilgrims. I think it's because they were bad ass looking skilled fighters, and as a result a lot of people in Europe have a need to have these guys be the good guys.
Crusaders have a special bias for many european history buffs that the Inquisitors don't. I've talked to more than a few people who become very hostile when the subject gets to the bad stuff Crusaders did. But I've seen Deus Vult memes following Kingdom of Heaven Director Cut.Īnd on that note, not having necessarily anything to do with alt-right or nazis, there are many people in Europe who have very protective ideas about the Crusaders being good guys. It has a overlap with Rome Total War "fucking plebs" / "catapult" memes.
I've seen Deus Vult memes going back several years.
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