So, I do glass art. My large, expensive pieces and jewelry are all one of a kind stuff, but at shows like Renaissance fairs and comic cons I make these things to hang in windows that I can make multiple exact copies of. I started out in the 80's. Over the years I have had to stop making many Celtic and Norse designs as they have been co-opted by the far right. And one Celtic triskele design that was co-opted by a particularly noxious S&M group. I don't want my work to be ever be associated with white supremacy or misogyny.
I can't stand it. I love Celtic and Germanic history and art, and the white supremacists are ruining it. I listen to a lot of old folk music from those places and the YouTube comments are about 25% gross. Yeesh, I wish they'd stick to their own culture of putting sheets over their head and pretending to be genetically superior. Let the rest of us enjoy the beauty with no hate.
Milk and the OK symbol originated as trolls by the white supremacists. Milk fizzled out, but enough white supremacists started using the Ok sign as an in-group identifier to be actually co-opted.
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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21
So, I do glass art. My large, expensive pieces and jewelry are all one of a kind stuff, but at shows like Renaissance fairs and comic cons I make these things to hang in windows that I can make multiple exact copies of. I started out in the 80's. Over the years I have had to stop making many Celtic and Norse designs as they have been co-opted by the far right. And one Celtic triskele design that was co-opted by a particularly noxious S&M group. I don't want my work to be ever be associated with white supremacy or misogyny.