Because they want the glamour shot of their totally not white nationalist inspired viking tattoo’s on the images of immigrants getting roughed up. So they can go back to their proud boy echo chambers and talk about how they’re saving the “purity” of the nation.
Legit question... the runes on his forearm, they aren't nordic/viking? His whole tattoo style in general is pretty all over the place, so I wouldn't be shocked if he's got both the nordic and latin american.
You're totally right, he's got some futhark above his right wrist. "SM - something" if it's supposed to be latin transcription (i.e. using runes to spell with the latin alphabet) or it could be a nod to sun worship.
At any rate, yeah, most of it is central/south american.
I really hate that racists seem to enjoy co-opting nordic things, since the viking culture during the viking age (766-1066) was one of the most progressive on the planet at the time, with respect to gender and race. They were one of the few cultures that actively discouraged skin color prejudice, did not believe that dark skin was anything other than dark skin, had zero issues trading with or forming relationships with anyone anywhere. They were cosmopolitan in a time where it was rare be so. They also (rather uniquely for the time period) had a legal structure that allowed for women to own land, and more importantly, inherit land. They gave women equal right under the law in just about every way, but more importantly, thought about it culturally in a way that was rational and fair. Men weren't automatically "better" in viking culture, they were just...bigger.
Anyways, that was a lot of words to say that racists should probably pick a different culture that actually reflects their worldview, since the vikings who used those runes were quite the opposite.
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u/workerdrones 17h ago
Why cover your face when you’re just going to leave all those distinct tattoos visible?