Our North American CHUD is likely a superstitious, landowning boomer who identifies with white nationalism and Christianity. I imagine the Chuds of other settler colonial areas have a similar profile (e.g. Brazil, South Africa, Australia). But to those who live/have spent time abroad, what is the local stereotype of a reactionary?

  • MagisterSinister [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    That depends on who's watching. There's a lot of the same mask on / mask off dogwhistling that you see with chuds in other countries, lots of "oh you call everybody who disagrees with you a nazi, i'm actually just a normal conservative like Helmut Kohl!" When you dig deeper, there's lots of connections to the neo-nazi scene. But openly calling yourself a fascist is something most people in Germany won't do.

    Of course, there's always exceptions. Atilla Hildmann, former celebrity vegan cook and now the most prominent Covid denier, is always fully mask off, calls himself "ultra-right" (i guess that's the nazi equivalent of a leftcom or smth), and literally thinks he's the reincarnated Adolf Hitler. He also seems to spend a lot of time crying and being afraid that antifa will come for him. And of course, he's also into QAnon and accuses Merkel of abusing children in satanic rituals on this altar that is conveniently located in a museum right across the street from her town house.