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[–] flyby@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t assume that he supports any of the book content just from having it on the bookshelf. You are not a nazi for having Mein Kampf on the bookshelf (worst example I can think of and it would be uncomfortable at most). If all you have on bookshelf is nazi/conspiracy propaganda though then it’s another topic

[–] Tonava@sopuli.xyz 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

He's read and reviewed all sorts of books, but as far as I know the only questionable one of those was the first Jordan Peterson thing (which he did criticize as well), so I don't know how a single book he's never talked about would flag him as anything. Sure, if he actively tried to preach what's written in it or encourage people to read that stuff, but I agree that just owning some book is a pretty poor basis for accusations.

He has the platform, so if he's a raging racist or antisemitist, why isn't he using that for preaching those then?

[–] flyby@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

One argument I heard about him throughout the years is that he is just afraid of retaliation so he dogwhistles instead but in this day and age nobody who is actually a nazi or conspiracist hiding it anymore and they are not getting any repercussions…

[–] Tonava@sopuli.xyz 2 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, why go through the trouble? My analysis on him as a nordic neighbor is that he's just some random middle-class swedish guy, that got big and tried to live like he's regular dude instead taking responsibility for such a big influence.

A lot of the controversy seems to stem from USAians thinking he's one of them just because he's seen as american white, not understanding that he comes from an entirely different culture. For example I didn't personally even grasp what a voldemort-type of a thing "n-word" is across the ocean until he did the bridge idiocy, and I doubt he understood either. There exists nothing like that in nordic cultures, we can say pretty much anything and the "forbidden words" are more just "don't call people that". The history of racism here is very different