tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282459821035111825.post922643011777803567..comments2023-10-24T04:09:01.210-05:00Comments on The Adventurous GIT: Racist Spiritual Warfare: Heathen EditionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01890770192295891113noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282459821035111825.post-54560672601203536102017-03-22T14:04:41.820-05:002017-03-22T14:04:41.820-05:00While (maybe) not nearly as drastic as what occurr...While (maybe) not nearly as drastic as what occurred with other people, there were quite a number of cultural traditions which were eradicated or erased through violence and law, especially when it came to the traditions and customs of women and queer folk throughout Europe. The use of terror to spread the values of capitalism and erase cultures were not restricted places outside of Europe. Europeans did all that capitalist colonialism internally and proceeded to export it out to the rest of the world.<br /><br />Still, that is no excuse for white supremacist attitudes in Heathen or Asatru practices.<br /><br />Thank you for this post.Sable Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16976386211048292057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282459821035111825.post-2845817125079354222017-03-12T09:55:42.817-05:002017-03-12T09:55:42.817-05:00The Corsairs and Vikings are a good point, but my ...The Corsairs and Vikings are a good point, but my statement was: <br />Europeans the world over were not forcibly divested from their country of origin's *culture* by violence or force of law.<br />The Transportation for Life was basically exile, but it was not a cultural destruction akin to the Slave Trade or Colonization eras.<br />I will measure my examples a bit more carefully in the future, however. Thanks. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01890770192295891113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282459821035111825.post-38589576032341627602017-03-12T05:17:03.308-05:002017-03-12T05:17:03.308-05:00Good piece, my only issue is that here it is state...Good piece, my only issue is that here it is stated that white Europeans were not forcibly removed by law from their homes (I'm paraphrasing there). May I suggest you look up the sentence of Transportation for life, it is a uniquely British punishment that forcibly removed poor people from their homes and families for relatively minor crimes like stealing food so they could feed their families. Of course this happened in the early years of the British empire, other examples are the Barbary Corsairs who raided all over Europe part of their spoils were European Slaves. The Vikings did the same part of their spoils were Slaves or Thralls, arguing that Europeans were not forcibly removed is as inaccurate historically as most of the subjects arguments.History of Amariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164917221607429639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282459821035111825.post-5093145960865823502017-03-11T10:22:56.279-06:002017-03-11T10:22:56.279-06:00I'm also worried about how these mindsets (esp...I'm also worried about how these mindsets (especially a public and influential one like McNallen) could keep more Heathens in the closet, that's what compelled me to write this. The word needs to get out that there is absolutely a counternarrative, that one can be truly Heathen (not just eclectic Pagan or Norse Pagan (not that there's anything wrong with those, either!)) and be diverse and open-minded.<br />Bloodlines are a terrible rubric, I agree as well. What the racists continue to miss is that it's a cultural grouping, not a genetic one. America, I think, is suffering an identity crisis because isolationist grouping of cultures and immigrants were usually the result of discrimination and segregation (de jure or not). Couple that with the practically nomadic nature of the nation's labor force and the size of the country, putting down roots and maintaining family/cultural ties becomes very difficult.<br />We're all yearning for that collective community again, but the racists are, quite frankly, "doing it wrong."<br />Thanks for the feedback! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01890770192295891113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282459821035111825.post-74157496406903014332017-03-11T07:29:39.619-06:002017-03-11T07:29:39.619-06:00Yep, pretty clear, regardless of how 'reasonab...Yep, pretty clear, regardless of how 'reasonable' he may seem, its clearly focused on white European heritage. Vikings did NOT carry their religion or culture to other countries. In fact they assimilated into the regions they invaded and settled. Only christianity carried forward and forced indigenous peoples to convert. I fear that a mind-set like this may keep even more people in the closet with regard to Asatru or the impulse that people of any race may have to openly show their worship of the Norse gods because there is a large assumption that it means supporting a whites only mentality.<br /><br />In fact, the assimilation that took place through Scandinavian settlement means that there are quite surely many non Northern Europeans that inherited he blood ancestry of those very same North men and now hat we have traversed a millennium of descendants all of whom could rightly claim ancestry it must be realized that not everyone today that possesses that same bloodline appears to be of Northern European descent, the same as in America where people can actually trace back to the indigenous population but are fair skinned and blue eyes look nothing like the early inhabitants of North America. Spirituality knows no boundaries or skin color. While yes many are drawn to the religion of their ancestors, culturally or through national existence, there are no longer any pure races. The Nazis could not even uphold their end of the bargain in search of such a valid basis for the Aryan Myth, which in fact relates back to civilizations in what is now the Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan region. The language and even the preliminary runic alphabet even has it roots in Indo-European languages which include Sanskrit...it is a glossing over of real history and understanding of true migration wherein lies the faults of people like this concluding that their religion or belief system falls so neatly into one category, one belief and manner of worship and one race. Once a people, (any people) started to leave their homogeneous zones to settle elsewhere for food or land, the idea of a one-race culture/society was bound to change. Today, I can only think of Iceland as being the most homogeneous because the inhabitants have been so isolated on a single island for over a thousand years. <br /><br />For me I will follow my heart and follow that which draws me for I feel that no matter what, the overall Universal idea o a consciousness is what speaks to us, not the color of skin or the location of birth which we had no choice over. I hope that reprobates like this are continuously meted out for others to see the subliminal displays of racism for what they truly are and that it has no place in one's spirituality. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646160814387291657noreply@blogger.com