RoseMead
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Sun Apr-04-10 12:51 AM
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Anyone familiar with the phrase "Holger Danske Vagner"? |
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A picture with these words is on the Facebook page of someone I know. Apparently it translates as "Holger the Dane awakens," or something very similar. Holger or Ogier the Dane seems to be sort of a Nordic King Arthur-ish figure, and the largest WWII Danish resistance group was called Holger Danske after the legendary hero.
Thing is, a Google of the name brings up a couple of instances where the phrase seems to be used in connection with anti-Islamic sentiment. Or at least, that's how I read it. Any DU'ers familiar with this phrase being used in this manner? Is it a motto for an anti-Islamic movement?
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Sun Apr-04-10 01:09 AM
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1. I think this UK post from a few years ago sums up the |
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feelings of many in Europe re the increasing influence of Islam in society. http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/10/letter-to-my-people.htmlI'm not condoning the views , just highlighting them....they do need airing , discussing etc. Cheers P
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RoseMead
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Sun Apr-04-10 01:38 AM
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3. I saw that, and I looked over that website |
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Clicked through the Baron Bodissey link under Contributors, and found The 910 Group Blog where, among other things, the ACLU is referred to as the Anti-American, Uncivil, Socialist Union.
I'm all for discussing the role of Islam, and religion in general, in society. But the language in that letter is what I would call very right wing: "the incubus Islam its succubi, Political Correctness," the bit about the Thought Police and their "Marxist Paradise," and so on. It also sounds racist to me.
Anyway, I was just trying to figure out what that is, so I could begin to know what to think of it. Thanks for the information!
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RoseMead
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Sun Apr-04-10 02:30 AM
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5. Apparently the folks at GoV weren't pleased with the guy |
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from Little Green Footballs. Last year, he called the anti-jihadists a bunch of kooks after Vlaams Belang was included in one of their conferences.
I think the picture is coming into focus...
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Sun Apr-04-10 01:32 AM
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2. "anti-jihad" groups love him. |
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Yeah, he's a Danish sleeping-king type figure who will return in his country's hour of need. The GoV blog post above pretty much gets it.
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Sun Apr-04-10 01:40 AM
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4. The more I read, the more I'm seeing that |
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And that would probably fit with the person who posted the pic on FB.
Thanks!
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