Don Jr posted photos of himself brandishing a modified assault rifle with CRUSADER etched on it - Crusader imagery on weapons & propaganda has been used by Far-Right terrorists since Brevik
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Don Jr posted photos of himself brandishing a modified assault rifle with CRUSADER etched on it, lower receiver modeled after a medieval Crusader helmet & mag printed with Hillary's face.
Crusader imagery on weapons & propaganda has been used by Far-Right terrorists since Brevik
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Jr figures if he can't fuck the sheep, he will just shoot it.
That's so awesome! I have got to get one of those clips for my AR! That crusaders helmet on the lower is badass as well. The Trump's have always had good style...
Not a surprise on your part.
The crusader imagery on the gun is a dog whistle to Trump's white nationalist supporters.
Or someone who just likes European history......
lol. I'm sure Don Jr is up to his elbows in European history.
So anything in history that has anything to do with white people defending their countries, cultures and religion is now related to white supremacy? I supposed anybody who enjoys the movie 300 is probably a racist too. Check out this parody. Just seems fitting to put here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7I92r9GqUw
I thought the Spartans had honor.
I just noticed that his avatar is a crusader. Oops, we hit a nerve.
You will only ever have my number in your dreams Tessy.
Why do you have such a problem with Crusaders? Would you rather have grown up in a Muslim society?
I dont have a problem with Crusaders. Their era was very much based on religious fervor and obedience to religious authority. The men of the day had a duty to join the Crusades.
Today, crusader imagery is seen , in some instances, as a support for white nationalism, white supremacy and Islamophobia .
Why would Trump Jr put a Crusader cross and the design of a crusader helmet on his gun?
I kind of doubt that he personally gives a shit, but he does know that doing so will be a signal to his fathers followers who are "crusader" white nationalists and Islamophobes.
You apparently don't realize that in the end, the Muslims won and kicked out the European invaders.
And why DON'T you have a problem with all the women, children, Jews, and other non-Christians slaughtered by the Crusaders?
John - FYI - this is what a Crusader looks like.
BTW - this was my squadron in Vietnam - and it ain't Trumps'.
And, WHY DON'T YOU have a problem with all the women, children, old men, young men and others that the Muslims have killed since then?
I do have a problem with that. That doesn't mean I have to be ignorant about the Crusades, though. The Crusades did not "keep me from growing up in a Muslim society." It was another example of Christian atrocities, a reminder of why we must never let religion take hold of our government.
So, what does that have to do with the thread?
“The understanding of medieval Europe as a homogeneously white space is completely erroneous, as scholar after scholar has shown time and time again,” says Cord J. Whitaker, a medieval literature professor at Wellesley College who is writing a book called Black Metaphors: Race, Rhetoric, Religion, and the Literature of the Late Middle Ages"
"Whitaker recently discussed white supremacists’ use of medieval icons at a symposium called “The Crusades, the Middle Ages, and the Alt Right.” The symposium was organized by Matthew Gabriele, a professor of medieval and early modern studies at Virginia Tech, who says historians need to address hate groups’ use of medieval iconography. Often, this imagery comes from the Crusades."
"White supremacists explicitly celebrate Europe in the Middle Ages because they imagine that it was a pure, white, Christian place organized wholesomely around military resistance to outside, non-white, non-Christian, forces. Marchers in Charlottesville held symbols of the medieval Holy Roman Empire and of the Knights Templar . The Portland murderer praised "Vinland," a medieval Viking name for North America , in order to assert historical white ownership over the landmass: Vinlander racists like to claim that whites are "indigenous" here on the basis of medieval Scandinavian lore. Similarly, European anti-Islamic bigots dress up in medieval costumes and share the " crying Templar " meme. Someone sprayed "saracen go home" and "deus vult"—a Latin phrase meaning "God wills it" and associated with the history of the Crusades—on a Scottish mosque . The paramilitary "Knights Templar International" is preparing for a race war ."
It's rather hilarious that these worthless little fuck wads of white supremacy and white nationalism try and appropriate the Knights Templar and the Crusades but they know virtually nothing about the real history, they focus on what they want to hear just like the sniveling bigots who came before them wearing "Gott Mit Uns" on their belts as they stuffed helpless minorities into the ovens of Auschwitz. Don Jr. is just another worthless white supremacist piece of shit trying to fake a spine by showing images of weapons as if he wouldn't be claiming bone spurs just like his weakling father did when actually required to fight.
Says who?
I'm starting to think a cheese sandwich could be called a "dog whistle."
Or a taco......
Let’s not forget White Nationalists hate the taco bowl.
I prefer to think of myself as a chick magnet.
You watch, every Trump ammosexual will now copy the design. Pathetic to say the least, that they would take the lead of the son of a draft dodging moron.
We can't have nice things anymore because . . . dog whistles!
The crusader imagery on the gun is a dog whistle to Trump's white nationalist supporters.
Trump Jr has retweeted conspiracies and white nationalists on his twitter many times.
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NICE !
I know I'm going to get yelled at for this but . . . so what?
The magazine, on the other hand, got me smh. But whatever, I guess that's politics now. People will do what they do. Hey, it's not my gun.
When are Obama's daughters going to enlist. They are both of age...Malia 21 and Sasha 18.....
Or do you wish only Republican kids to protect and die for you?
My son a democrat died for this country, so don't even go there.
They are to busy shaking their ass idolizing Beyoncé.
My condolences and I appreciate his service.
WAIT!!! Where is the assault rifle?