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Is it worthwhile making some comments about the meaning/significance of the nazi graf @ Cranbourne? I dunno TBH.
Meh. Prolly not. But here goes ...
I dunno who done it, obv, & it may well be the case that it& #39;s some angry simpleton, not a staunch nazi; such incidents have a long history, tho& #39; choosing that particular golf course suggests some familiarity w its history as predominantly Jewish institution, which is interestink.
So, in determining significance, while responsibility is important, so too is rate of incidents, & -- more broadly -- the place of & #39;The Jew& #39; in the racist imaginary. This is esp relevant to the conspiratorial framework for understanding Coronavirus, which is Quite A Thing atm.
In addition, there& #39;s a smol infestation of nazis in S/E of MEL, which may/not be esp relevant; more broadly, the *cough* patriotik *cough* mvmt in AUS has always existed cheek-by-jowl w determined antisemites, whose purpose is to give these often inchoate frustrations a target.
So, I agree w Andre when he states that & #39;playing to [nazi] fantasies, including by giving them publicity in the media, or attributing other unassociated random acts to them, will only increase the danger they pose & the energy with which they promote their agenda of hate& #39; ...
... while also noting that much depends on the nature of that reportage. To the extent that it consists of & #39;ermahgerd there& #39;s nazis about& #39; it& #39;s unlikely to be helpful, which is pretty much what News did when they reported on NSN.
I mean, I take it as read, but to spell it out: marginal pol actors seek an audience, & undertake actions, in part, to create one. By this calculus, it doesn& #39;t rlly matter if great majority respond w #FCKNZS -- the aim is to reach that sliver of audience which may be sympathetic.
*If you wanna case study for teenyboppers being & #39;radikalised& #39; by shite, see the Iron March d0x. Reading thru their tortured online confessions also underscores how easy it is for & #39;vulnerable boys& #39; to skip from & #39;I hate Mom& #39; to, eg, & #39;I hate Jews& #39;. https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=45603 ">https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/...
FTR, it not just boy0s. So eg, after I shared an acct of the vandalism, this arvo I got this comment from AJ Soden; Soden is not a kid but a middle-aged butcher, w kids of his own, & was a fixture on the far-right protest scene in MEL (second pic w & #39;True Blue Crew& #39;).
For those unfamiliar w the meme, 109 refs to the no of countries antisemites have identified as being the no from which Jews have been expelled. See : https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/109110">https://www.adl.org/education...
Ofc, & #39;The JQ& #39; is one inre which antisemites freq have debates: when should one be open about one& #39;s & #39;power lvl& #39;; is it a matter of principle, or merely a tactical Q? In MEL, eg, The Frankston Fuehrer adopted a *nudge nudge, wink wink* approach, & it worked (for a while).
Formed by some of his kameraden in Antipodean Resistance (see IM) & The Lads Society, the NSN has opted for a (to me) refreshingly honest approach: & #39;yeah we& #39;re nazis -- deal w it& #39;. This foll some debate within the grp, I should add, & appears to have meant some left TLS. Indeed >
> there& #39;s a lot more I could add but, for reasons, cannot (one of the frustrations I have w responding to media reportage) tho& #39; remain hopeful one day I can.
A few further observations ...
A few further observations ...
While & #39;economic conditions& #39; are v important to understanding political expressions (Andre: & #39;Far right groups are likely to grow during times of high unemployment. Minority groups will be scapegoated and blamed for delays & difficulties in getting life back to normal ...
... and people back into work& #39;), as many others have observed, & #39;economic anxiety& #39; is often a euphemism for white resentment & generalised xenophobia; the relevant Q, in my view, is why these conditions & anxieties take the particular form that they do. Also, it wrogn >
> in my view, to attribute primary responsibility for circulation of racist & fascist discourse to Working Class Bloke Who Just Lost His Job. Leaving aside the usual Qs, many of the yoof joining in these groupuscules come from nice, middle class fams; by same token >
> some of staunchest anTEEfa I know are v familiar w poverty / joblessness / homelessness, but (for var reasons) they rarely get a guernsey.
tl; dr : yeah, these nazi kvnce are marginal -- it& #39;s our jerb to keep & #39;em that way, which includes articulating beta alternatives.
tl; dr : yeah, these nazi kvnce are marginal -- it& #39;s our jerb to keep & #39;em that way, which includes articulating beta alternatives.
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