Death to America. Death to Capitalism.

  • asa_red_heathen [he/him]
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    24 days ago

    For reference this is that McDonalds that someone burned down. The Younger Futhark runes phonetically spell out "brenn neiðr helga staðr þeirra" which translates to "burn down their holy places" in Old Norse. (My grammar might be off a bit, Im not fluent in Old Norse lol)

  • bubbalu [they/them]
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    23 days ago

    I would be careful with this specific message given the wanton destruction of holy sites by the IOF. Given paganism is highly politically contested site right now, this looks more like an endorsement of genocide without the benefit of doubt I give to all posters here. It's not clear that this is a McDonald's, either.

    • asa_red_heathen [he/him]
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      22 days ago

      1. this is obviously not a Palestinian church, or any other kind of church. Not even taking it at face value could this ever look like an endorsement of the ongoing genocide. Its a joke about mcdonalds being an American holy site, this image has been making the rounds for being a mcdonalds anarchists burnt down (its a different one but still). There are no Israeli or Palestinian symbols here.

      2. I included both my comment and the alt-text that explains this so that it wouldn't be misconstrued. I even said up top "Death to America, Death to Capitalism", how could that possibly be taken as an endorsement of the genocide of Palestinians?

      And 3. Yes, Paganism is political like all religions, but Israel is a Jewish ethnostate, not a Pagan one. Our fascist problem is the white nationalists like the AFA freaks and Varg, not IDF volunteers. Why would it be assumed that an anti-capitalist meme from a Pagan would be pro-Israel? Even most fash Pagans hate Israel, if we have a stereotype to overcome its not being too pro-Israel.