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    Stuart Cox, a British hiker who goes by the online name The Peak District Viking

    I just don’t trust anyone who uses Viking in their name in 2025. The Viking/white supremacy connection is way too strong

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      I once saw a guy walking around with mjolnir earrings (like the “traditional” design, not Marvel Thor design), a “fuck your feelings” shirt with the stick figure humping the phrase “your feelings,” and his daughters were all dressed like 14 year old boys with haircuts to match. It was a confusing family.

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      Hahaha. Yeah way to judge someone without knowing anything. These positions that you think noble are actually just ignorance.

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        I read the article, too. The dude brags about kicking over stacks right as people make them. He approaches the problem with aggression when he could just educate people instead.

        Seems like the type to be into Vikings for the same reason as other misinformed groups. It’s douchebag behavior even if what he’s saying is true.

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                Oh don’t get me wrong here, it’s not the Vikings but the “appropriation” (and misinterpretation) of them by alpha males and white supremacists that puts me off.

                It’s like The Punisher. Comic fans nowadays aren’t going to get a tattoo of it because if the connotations

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                  Tbf I don’t think many people were getting Punisher tats even before it became a thing for white supremacists, though.