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

  • jackal [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    If I remember right, the New Zealand mass shooter cited Brievik and Dylann Roof as influences :agony-deep:

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      The Christchurch attack was probably the closest to what Breivik did, with it being a smaller country with mostly a sleepy safe reputation along with the absurd body count. It still felt different since it was post /pol/ and completely drenched in the 4chan meme aesthetic.

      He also differs from Breivik by having directly targeted a minority instead of the more unusual curveball choice of a left-wing political party's youth wing (many of whom belonged to different minorities, but the attack wasn't just racist in nature)

      • CommCat [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        don't know what you mean by "attack wasn't just racist in nature", it was entirely racists because it is based on Replacement Theory.

        the French guy who is responsible for Replacement theory is still alive

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaud_Camus

        why isn't he targeted for a drone strike, he's responsible for several terrorist mass shootings. I know why...

        :us-foreign-policy:

        • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          It was definitely racist but it also had a slightly more complicated political element to it on top of just wanting to kill black people/Muslims/Jews

          The American equivalent would be one of these chuds shooting up a Democratic Party event