The news from Denmark made me think back on the shit that went down in Norway 11 years ago, and holy fuck-

You had a roided up thumb failson calling himself a Knight Templar and fancying himself as a protector of white Christendom blowing up bombs near a government building in the capital to distract from his intended target, a summer camp for the youth wing of the local soc dem party held on a nearby island where he went around shooting and killing 70+ children like fish in a barrel dressed as a policeman.

Like no, he didn't attack government officials or politicians only targeting government buildings as a feint* he specifically wanted to kill children who he thought were communists

*His primary target was apparently the former leader of the dem soc party who had left the island by the time he arrived

:desolate:

I seem to remember that Breivik claimed he was part of some larger "Templar" organisation, whatever happened to that thread 👁️

Also, the whole incident was a bit awkward for every anti-Muslim cryptofash "immigration critical" politician and """"intellectual"""" in Europe as he had basically quoted every single one of them in his manifesto

  • Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]
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    2 years ago

    He also cited combating cultural marxism as a motive behind the murders. At the time it was a fringe neo-nazi conspiracy theory. It's unbelievable how mild the reactions were to people trying to bring it into the semi-mainstream just a few years afterwards

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      The attack and the manifesto contained every trope online chuds would go on to endlessly parrot in the next 10 years, just without the fucking shit-eating chan meme irony you saw with the Christchurch shooter because the subculture hadn't really come around yet

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      It’s unbelievable how mild the reactions were to people trying to bring it into the semi-mainstream just a few years afterwards

      Nobody read his manifesto in europe. It was downplayed, as was he, for fear of producing copycats.

      I am against that now. The contents of the manifestos of these people are essential for the wider public to understand just how unhinged and dangerous the situation is with these groups and the spaces producing them. Without that knowledge there is no pushback.

      • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I've said this before but: none of these shootings have stopped. If the whole goal of not publishing the manifestos or diving into these people was to prevent copycats it has failed wholesale. It is time to pin this rotten badge to the right wingers responsible. At this point all its doing is disempowering the rest of us from knowing the full extent to which our enemies believe.

        • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          One of the people Breivik quoted in his manifesto, Jussi Halla-aho, went on to become the leader of the Finns Party

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          I think the logic was treating them like serial killers originally. The problem is that they're not that.

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Put on the internet is pretty different to the media actually talking about them, their contents, and what the big problem with them is. Barely any major source writes about them and it's not on tv more than a hot minute.