Nipster
ANipsteris a youngneo-Naziwho has embraced aspects ofhipster culture.Historically, German neo-Nazis promoted an ultra-masculine and extreme right-wing image, preferring short hair, violent imagery and combat gear—in keeping with thewhite power skinheadorcasualsubcultures—while rejecting most modern pop culture. This has changed, with young "nipsters" embracing causes such asanimal rightsandenvironmentalismalongside historicallyfar rightpositions, includinganti-immigrationviews. Nipsters, rather than rejecting modern pop culture, seek instead to appropriate it to promote neo-Nazi ideals.[1]This has also been seen in theNew RightandNational Anarchismmovements.
Rolling Stonemagazine profiled Patrick Schroeder, one of the founders of the nipster movement, who said he desires to "give theGerman National Socialistmovement a friendlier, hipper face ". Schroeder says that neo-Nazis who can" live within the mainstream ", such as nipsters, are" the future of the movement ".[1]Social networking websites likeTumblrfrequently host nipster content. A video showing a young neo-Nazi dancing to theHarlem Shakegained over 17,000 views on YouTube between 2013 and 2014.[1]There are also German neo-Nazi hip-hop and reggae bands.[citation needed]
Usage of term outside Germany
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]Britishneo-NaziterroristorganisationNational Actionwas said to have been a "mixture of hipsters and skinheads" prior to beingproscribed.[2]The Nationaldescribed the group as consisting of mostlymiddle-class,hipsterfascists.[3]
Other uses of the term
[edit]In 2011, three students founded the German online magazineNipster,[4]using the neologism to depict hipsters in the town of Nuremberg, not neo-Nazi hipsters. The online magazine has since folded.[5]
See also
[edit]- Alt-right
- Animal welfare in Nazi Germany
- Autonome Nationalisten
- Culture jamming
- Ecofascism
- Hipster racism
- Jihad Cool
- Nazi punk
- Nazism
- Neo-fascism
- Pegida
- Thor Steinar
- Brenton Tarrant
References
[edit]- ^abc"Heil Hipster: The Young Neo-Nazis Trying to Put a Stylish Face on Hate".Rolling Stone.Archivedfrom the original on 2017-09-19.Retrieved2017-09-06.
- ^"Student Rights - National Action claim" reign of terror "planned for campuses".studentrights.org.uk.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-09-19.Retrieved2018-01-30.
- ^"Disgust over neo-Nazis National Action's Aberdeen soup kitchen day trip".The National.Archivedfrom the original on 2018-01-30.Retrieved2018-01-30.
- ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-07-22.Retrieved2018-11-21.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Von wegen Phänomen: Was es mit dem angeblichen Nazi-Hipster" Nipster "auf sich hat".12 August 2014.Archivedfrom the original on 12 August 2014.Retrieved12 August2014.