Hate Crime in New Zealand: Mass Murder in the Mosques

Wed, 2019-03-20 15:32

Misfit

Timebandit wrote:

I think the discussion around the NZ killer's mental health status is sheer speculation, but it does raise some questions.

At what point do we consider an ideology a mental health problem? Or at what point does the commitment to an ideology amount to a mental illness?

I don't think this is about mental illness - it's about culture, worldview and political ideology.

i get what you are saying but I believe that this line of thinking is very dangerous and I will show you why.

“I think the discussion around socialism and the social democrat’s mental health status is sheer speculation, but it does raise some questions.

At what point do we consider an ideology a mental health problem? Or at what point does the commitment to an ideology amount to a mental illness?

I don't think this is about mental illness - it's about culture, worldview and political ideology.”

Wed, 2019-03-20 15:30

#153

epaulo13

..i believe mental illness is the result of the political economic systems we live in. not all of it but if i was to hazard a quess at least 75% of it.

Wed, 2019-03-20 15:48

#154

Timebandit Timebandit's picture

If we can apply the label of mental illness to white nationalism, it can be applied to socialism or social democracy as well. And that's part of my point.

The NZ killer is a white nationalist who was committed enough to his ideology to kill for it. There's no indication that his beliefs mean he's mentally ill in a clinical sense. The answer to this isn't beefing up mental health services.

ETA: I deal with a variety of mental illness permutations in my family constellation. You can't apply "mental illness" to everything, otherwise it becomes meaningless and it becomes harder to get treatment to people who actually need and want it.

tl:dr If everything is mental illness, then nothing is.

Wed, 2019-03-20 15:38

#155

Misfit

TB, I agree.

eta.

Labelling any idology a mental illness is very dangerous. It can be used by governments to institutionalize dissidents and people opposed to their rule of law for so-called medical grounds.

Wed, 2019-03-20 15:45

#156

Unionist

Thanks, Misfit and TB.

Someone who amasses billions of dollars, exploiting the labour and resources of others, and lives a life of obscene luxury, while countless millions live in poverty... that person must be mentally ill, no? It's not normal, is it? Yet even their billions can't buy them a cure.

And what about the victims of bombings and invasions and terror attacks? If you look at it, many of them are physically disabled, some to the point of death. We need to beef up our investment in health care, for physical illness as well.

I think this whole new perspective on racism, colonialism, and war is important. It's fresh, forward-looking... and above all, so healthy!!!

Wed, 2019-03-20 15:48

#157

Timebandit Timebandit's picture

Yes. Also added to my post.

Wed, 2019-03-20 15:50

#158

epaulo13

..white nationalism isn't a mental illness it is a structure. as monsanto is or the us military. working there requires people to dismantle their humanity. that ability to dismantle that humanity begins early in life. it is not just a stumbling upon. and that process is, i believe mental illness.

Wed, 2019-03-20 16:01

#159

epaulo13

tl:dr If everything is mental illness, then nothing is.

..do you think this is what i am implying timebandit? that everything is mental illness?

Wed, 2019-03-20 16:04

(Reply to #159) #160

Paladin1

Misfit wrote:

Paladin1 wrote:
Off topic

I disagree. It was very much on topic. It shows how low some will stoop to blame Muslim’s for the attacks against them as though a Muslim female congressperson is to blame because she spoke up about aparteid style oppression against Palestinians perpetrated by the Jews.

The rationale is akin to...

The Jews are to blame for the Holocaust because they...

It is called blaming the victim. If the Muslims weren’t so angry, combative, confrontational, and visibly different then we wouldn’t have to hate them and kill them and then blame them for their own deaths.

Sorry for the confusion Misfit. I wrote Off topic because I was editing my post for being off topic. I forgot to write "editing" before saying off topic.

Wed, 2019-03-20 16:13

(Reply to #160) #161

Timebandit Timebandit's picture

epaulo13 wrote:

tl:dr If everything is mental illness, then nothing is.

..do you think this is what i am implying timebandit? that everything is mental illness?

I think that it blurs the line and lessens the importance of treating clinical mental illnesses. Being subjected to stress can exacerbate some mental illness, but it doesn't necessarily rise to the clinical level. You can be unhappy or stressed out, but that's not the same as mental illness.

Wed, 2019-03-20 16:26

#162

Mr. Magoo

Quote:
You can be unhappy or stressed out, but that's not the same as mental illness.

I think that a lot of things that used to be considered a normal part of life have been medicalized.

It's why we have "therapy animals". They're not just for people in palliative care, or the pediatric oncology ward -- now they're necessary for people with anxiety to be able to go to the mall.

Wed, 2019-03-20 16:30

#163

Paladin1

Came across an interesting piece by Rod Dreher who read the NZ shooters manifesto and took away some points. I'll post just the points below.

I think in our rush to label the shooter as either a boogyman for the left or right wing, we over look many other possibilities.

Quote:

Tarrant identifies himself as an “ethno-nationalist eco-fascist.” He says he was first a communist, then an anarchist, then a libertarian, and finally an eco-fascist. He’s 28. This is not a stable person.

He despises conservatives for having conserved nothing. “Conservatism is corporatism in disguise, I want no part of it,” he writes. He adds, in all caps, “CONSERVATISM IS DEAD, THANK GOD.” He also despises France’s National Front, or whatever it’s called today. He calls them “milquetoast.” He praises the emergence of Trump as a sign of hope, but mocks Trump too. He says his idea leader is Oswald Mosley, the 20th century British fascist. Point is, the idea that Tarrant has any meaningful connection to the mainstream right is nonsense. The man is true radical.

He says his aim is to accelerate history by frightening people and creating conflict. In particular, he wants to cause the US to move to take away people’s guns, and the Second Amendment supporters to respond to this violently.

He wants the US to be balkanized into warring racial and regional factions, to destroy the ability of the US to project power around the world.

He was radicalized by traveling in Europe and seeing immigrant crime, by seeing how many immigrants are present, and how the dispirited native populations are dying out. Overcome by emotion, he decided that he must do something about it.

He said he chose the firearms for his attack specifically to incite an argument within the US, leading to the left attempting to confiscate guns, thereby starting a civil war.

He says he is not a Nazi, but it’s hard to know what to make of his politics except to say that he is a national socialist obsessed with race, and hating capitalism. Plus, he loves the environment (“there is no traditionalism without environmentalism”).

This was a brutal slap: “Above all, don’t be stale, placid, and boring. No one is inspired by Jeb Bush.”

He praises the People’s Republic of China as his ideal state.

Thu, 2019-03-21 10:15

(Reply to #163) #164

epaulo13

..i have slept on it and believe in my initial response i was over thinking it in that i couldn't respond in this thread. sorry.

..the main thrust in my talking about mental illness in the context of this thread i have focused on dehumanization of self. i have also shown that this dehumanization has a long history in our societies going back to the theory of alienation. dehumanization is not stress or unhappiness it is mental illness.

Timebandit wrote:

epaulo13 wrote:

tl:dr If everything is mental illness, then nothing is.

..do you think this is what i am implying timebandit? that everything is mental illness?

I think that it blurs the line and lessens the importance of treating clinical mental illnesses. Being subjected to stress can exacerbate some mental illness, but it doesn't necessarily rise to the clinical level. You can be unhappy or stressed out, but that's not the same as mental illness.

..txs timebandit. i don't believe this is what i am doing but i recognize that this is not the proper thread to be expanding on it. i've made my points and repeating them won't be of help so i'll leave it at that.

Wed, 2019-03-20 17:40

(Reply to #164) #165

Timebandit Timebandit's picture

Mr. Magoo wrote:

Quote:
You can be unhappy or stressed out, but that's not the same as mental illness.

I think that a lot of things that used to be considered a normal part of life have been medicalized.

It's why we have "therapy animals". They're not just for people in palliative care, or the pediatric oncology ward -- now they're necessary for people with anxiety to be able to go to the mall.

Perfect, I'm taking Leonardo* to the grocery store on Saturday. He'll be my antidote to sticker shock when I pay the bill. ;)

*small, fluffy black cat I adopted last year.

Wed, 2019-03-20 18:00

(Reply to #165) #166

Unionist

Timebandit wrote:

Perfect, I'm taking Leonardo* to the grocery store on Saturday. He'll be my antidote to sticker shock when I pay the bill. ;)

*small, fluffy black cat I adopted last year.

[size=300]Photo please!!![/size]

Wed, 2019-03-20 19:37

(Reply to #166) #167

WWWTT

Misfit wrote:

Labelling any idology a mental illness is very dangerous. It can be used by governments to institutionalize dissidents and people opposed to their rule of law for so-called medical grounds.

WOW!

First off, if the followers of an ideology believe that they have more rights and/or others have less rights, they have a problem with perception of reality! How’s is that not a mental health issue?

Heres an example. The person next door is a nice person, minds there own business and is absolutely no threat to my well being. But for some reason I feel that they are different, and that this difference threatens my well being so I kill them. Does this mean I have a perfectly clear perception of reality? No of course not. If I kill someone because I feel they are a threat, and they are not (they did absolutely nothing to threaten my well being) then I have a serious problem with perception of reality.

Now if a government labels a group of people’s that are absolutely no threat to anyone else, and takes away their rights, then the government and or the people supporting or in the government making such a decision has a problem with perception. Therefore this is a mental health issue that needs attention.

Wed, 2019-03-20 19:41

#168

Unionist

WWTTT:

Someone who amasses billions of dollars, exploiting the labour and resources of others, and lives a life of obscene luxury, while countless millions live in poverty... and believes that this is the natural order of society - is that person mentally ill?

Just trying to understand your viewpoint.

Wed, 2019-03-20 19:46

(Reply to #168) #169

WWWTT

epaulo13 wrote:

..white nationalism isn't a mental illness it is a structure

No it’s not, it’s a mental illness!

or more correct, the followers of white nationalism are mentally ill and in need of attention

Anyone who thinks they’re superior to anyone is in need of mental health attention

Wed, 2019-03-20 19:54

(Reply to #169) #170

WWWTT

Unionist wrote:

WWTTT:

Someone who amasses billions of dollars, exploiting the labour and resources of others, and lives a life of obscene luxury, while countless millions live in poverty... and believes that this is the natural order of society - is that person mentally ill?

Just trying to understand your viewpoint.

A little of topic, so somewhat of a straw man. But of course! That’s a fucking hoarder you’re describing to a T! That’s someone that feels that they are entitled to a better life than other people and that those other people don’t deserve the same life that they have.

How is that not mental illness?

Wed, 2019-03-20 20:04

(Reply to #170) #171

WWWTT

Sean in Ottawa wrote:

There is no indication in this case that the perpetrator was ill.

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Before or after he killed 50 and injured more people who were no threat to himself?

Wed, 2019-03-20 20:13

#172

lagatta4

Timebandit, Unionist beat me to that. Livia - sleek but very soft-furred wee black cat - welcomes Leonardo into the fold.

Buonasera, Leonardo!

Wed, 2019-03-20 20:18

(Reply to #172) #173

epaulo13

WWWTT wrote:

epaulo13 wrote:

..white nationalism isn't a mental illness it is a structure

No it’s not, it’s a mental illness!

or more correct, the followers of white nationalism are mentally ill and in need of attention

Anyone who thinks they’re superior to anyone is in need of mental health attention

..that is exactly what i said in my post.

Wed, 2019-03-20 20:47

#174

WWWTT

@epaulo

ya sorry I went back to your comment and you articulated a little deeper with a few examples.

I would add that this mental illness is far more widespread than what some people believe. And unfortunately it’s accepted as the norm by far far too many people

Wed, 2019-03-20 22:49

(Reply to #174) #175

JKR

WWWTT wrote:

Sean in Ottawa wrote:

There is no indication in this case that the perpetrator was ill.

Before or after he killed 50 and injured more people who were no threat to himself?

I think the perpetrator would say that Muslims are a grave threat to his white nation. The perpetrator probably now sees himself as being a hero for defending his nation/race. I don't think the mental health system should be responsible for political reeducation.

Wed, 2019-03-20 22:35

(Reply to #175) #176

Sean in Ottawa

Unionist wrote:

kropotkin1951 wrote:

Sorry Sean but I find the idea that we need better mental health services a tangent that does not belong in the context of a mass murderer who clearly had a political agenda and belonged to a terrorist group. I don't think you mean it as one but it looks like a red herring to deflect from the real debate about white supremacy in ex-British settler states.

I don't think Sean means it as a red herring. But that just shows how insidious this diversionary crap is. I haven't heard too many rants about the need to improve mental health services in Afghanistan or Syria or Iraq or Palestine in order to "save lives". Just kill the terrorist scumbags. But when it comes to white Western males - they must be sick.

I love it how people discuss what a person means while completely ignoring what they actually say.

I am not speaking about one white male killer. Can we just agree about that since we are talking about what I meant?

I was speaking in response to general statements about violence from WWWTT. The examples I was thinking of are the long tran of mentally ill people who converted to violent Islamic terror who had no history of being either Islamic or religious. One included the guy who shot up Parliament Hill.

As that time the NDP was very vocal about the fact that mental health services might be able to identify some of these peole, even intervene.

I am not speaking form the sole example of this case in New Zealand and have already stated that this may be one of those cases where nothign could have prevented it. the point is that mental health services have identified people capable of this.

Wed, 2019-03-20 22:48

(Reply to #176) #177

Pondering

WWWTT wrote:

@epaulo

ya sorry I went back to your comment and you articulated a little deeper with a few examples.

I would add that this mental illness is far more widespread than what some people believe. And unfortunately it’s accepted as the norm by far far too many people

It depends on how you define mental illness. I grant you the definition is extremely loose. I wish the perpetrators of the Holocaust were mentally ill because then we could pretend it was unnatural behavor for humans.

White nationalism is not a mental illness it is a fear response to the knowledge that by 2050 (I think) whites will be a minority in the US and probably in Canada as well. I read the 2050 thing in the 90s so it may be 2040 or 2060 but it is coming.

Wed, 2019-03-20 23:14

(Reply to #177) #178

WWWTT

JKR wrote:

WWWTT wrote:

Sean in Ottawa wrote:

There is no indication in this case that the perpetrator was ill.

Before or after he killed 50 and injured more people who were no threat to himself?

I think the perpetrator would say that Muslims are a grave threat to his white nation. The perpetrator probably now sees himself as being a hero for defending his nation/race. I don't think the mental health system should be responsible for political reeducation.

When did “Muslim” become politics???

Fear of nothing is created by politicians who have mental health issues. Did you think that I was implying that only those who actually commit a serious crime need medical attention? Oh no not at all!

Wed, 2019-03-20 23:16

#179

NDPP

The Permanence of White Supremacy

https://blackagendareport.com/freedom-rider-permanence-white-supremacy

"Discussions about white supremacy should amount to more than kumbaya moments of interpersonal harmony or hand-wringing when lone gunmen go on the periodic racist rampage. Self-identified white people have always posed dangers to every other group. White supremacy is the guiding force behind many atrocities committed around the world.

The individuals who carry out these acts usually elicit greater scorn than the presidents and prime ministers who do the same..."

Kill one man, you're a murderer - Kill 50 you're a monster - Kill one million, you get a hug...

https://twitter.com/Bill_Owen/status/1108436120889634816

Wed, 2019-03-20 23:57

#180

NDPP

'Our soldiers are heroes' - Nycole Turmel, NDP

Libyan Children Killed in NATO Bombing

https://youtu.be/67VNpsbw4hQ

F-35 Maker Hires Ex-General Who Led NATO Libya Mission

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/f-35-maker-hires-ex-general-who-led-nat...

"Charles Bouchard accepts job with Lockheed Martin. Bouchard was given the meritorious service cross, a recognition for an outstanding professional military activity 'that brings considerable benefit or great honour to the Canadian Forces..."

Justin Trudeau Has Israel's Back

https://youtu.be/OTvO_SeTvrU

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones...

Thu, 2019-03-21 00:03

(Reply to #180) #181

JKR

WWWTT wrote:

JKR wrote:

WWWTT wrote:

Sean in Ottawa wrote:

There is no indication in this case that the perpetrator was ill.

Before or after he killed 50 and injured more people who were no threat to himself?

I think the perpetrator would say that Muslims are a grave threat to his white nation. The perpetrator probably now sees himself as being a hero for defending his nation/race. I don't think the mental health system should be responsible for political reeducation.

When did “Muslim” become politics???

Fear of nothing is created by politicians who have mental health issues. Did you think that I was implying that only those who actually commit a serious crime need medical attention? Oh no not at all!

What mental health issues do you think these politicians have?

Thu, 2019-03-21 00:58

#182

NorthReport

Jesse Owens

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens

Thu, 2019-03-21 10:26

(Reply to #182) #183

epaulo13

..i have slept on it and believe in my initial response i was over thinking it in that i couldn't respond in this thread. sorry.

..the main thrust in my talking about mental illness in the context of this thread i have focused on dehumanization of self. i have also shown that this dehumanization has a long history in our societies going back to the theory of alienation. dehumanization is not stress or unhappiness it is mental illness.

Timebandit wrote:

epaulo13 wrote:

tl:dr If everything is mental illness, then nothing is.

..do you think this is what i am implying timebandit? that everything is mental illness?

I think that it blurs the line and lessens the importance of treating clinical mental illnesses. Being subjected to stress can exacerbate some mental illness, but it doesn't necessarily rise to the clinical level. You can be unhappy or stressed out, but that's not the same as mental illness.

..txs timebandit. i don't believe this is what i am doing but i recognize that this is not the proper thread to be expanding on it. i've made my points and repeating them won't be of help so i'll leave it at that.

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Thu, 2019-03-21 15:45

#184

NorthReport

Nice to see a government respond with such speed like this.

New Zealand bans 'military-style' guns after mosque attacks

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/new-zealand-bans-military-style-guns-after-...

Thu, 2019-03-21 15:56

#185

NorthReport

‘What leadership looks like’: New Zealand PM’s gun reform earns praise from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

https://globalnews.ca/news/5080987/new-zealand-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/

Thu, 2019-03-21 17:24

#186

Paladin1

Would like to see them ban pistols too!

Thu, 2019-03-21 20:51

#187

Noops

It's nice to see such keen interest in this story, but everyone is just parroting the MSM.

Please broaden your news sources friends!

No this was not a mental illness, white nationalism, White Supremacy, ban guns!, gun reform story/event.
You've been had, because you haven't done your homework.

When two or more people commit a crime, it's called a conspiracy.
The New Zealand Mass Shooting was a conspiracy.

We know how all-pervasive the security apparatus of the U.S. and the 5 eyes are.
We know all our e-mails, phone calls, text messages etc. are read, analyzed and stored on a daily basis.

Would you believe it if someone told you that Brenton Tarrant entered Turkey on March 17, 2016
and the same day the German Consulate shut down based on a concrete terror tip?

Would you believe it if someone told you that two days after Tarrant’s arrival and the German Consulate shutdown,
a major terror incident took place in Istanbul, within a few blocks of the German Consulate and Tarrant’s hotel?
The suicide bombing targeted, killed and injured mainly Israeli-Jewish targets.

Would you believe it if someone told you that one day after the terror incident Tarrant hastily left Turkey?

Would you believe it if someone told you that six months later on Sept. 13, 2016 Brenton Tarrant entered Turkey
once again and the German Embassy shut down September 14, due to a specific terror threat?

Would you believe it if someone told you that the British Embassy in Ankara shut down on Sept 16, 2016?

Would you believe it if someone told you that on Oct. 25, 2016, 43-days after arriving, Tarrant left Turkey?

Would you believe it if someone told you that he headed straight for Israel, was granted a 90-day tourist visa when he arrived there
and that he left the country nine days later?

Well don't take my word for it for Christ's sake!
Do your own research.

Fri, 2019-03-22 12:59

#188

NorthReport

Prayers offered for Christchurch victims at gurdwara where worker was murdered by white racists

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The Guru Nanak gurdwara in Surrey is one of several houses of worship that have commemorated those who lost their lives in a mass murder in Christchurch, New Zealand.

What binds a Surrey Sikh temple with two mosques in a faraway country is its own experience with racism in the past.

At the Guru Nanak gurdwara on 120 Street, a temple keeper, Nirmal Singh Gill, was beaten to death by skinheads in the parking lot in January 1998.

On Sunday, its Sikh congregation held prayers for the victims of a racist attack on two mosques in New Zealand that killed 50 people.

They remembered the dead and prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured.

The temple president, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, told Straight that apart from that connection, the values of Sikhism demand that adherents must stand up for everyone without any discrimination.

He pointed out that daily prayers of the Sikhs end with a verse that calls for the well-being of all of humankind.

The development is significant in light of a Sikh legislator with the ruling right-wing Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party in India trying to justify the Christchurch incident.

Manjinder Singh Sirsa is a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly and the head of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee.

After the mass murder, he went on Twitter to suggest that the attacks were the outcome of violence being perpetrated by the Islamic extremists. He has also shared controversial views expressed by right-wing Australian senator Fraser Anning. Anning has blamed the attacks on Muslim immigration.

After an uproar over Sirsa's tweet, the BJP politician deleted it.

Indian politician Manjinder Singh Sirsa sparked outrage by blaming the victims for the Christchurch massacres.

https://www.straight.com/news/1217056/gurpreet-singh-prayers-offered-christchurch-victims-gurdwara-where-worker-was-murdered

Fri, 2019-03-22 23:23

#189

NorthReport

Anti-discrimination group wants to create mapping tool of hatred across Canada

https://globalnews.ca/news/5083956/anti-discrimination-group-create-mapp...

Sat, 2019-03-23 01:37

(Reply to #189) #190

Bec.De.Corbin Bec.De.Corbin's picture

Looks like he was trying to start a civil war in the USA...

Paladin1 wrote:

Came across an interesting piece by Rod Dreher who read the NZ shooters manifesto and took away some points. I'll post just the points below.

I think in our rush to label the shooter as either a boogyman for the left or right wing, we over look many other possibilities.

I agree; and now my shoji and tonic induced 34 cents worth...
Quote:

identifies himself as an “ethno-nationalist eco-fascist.”   Really, what the fuck is that?

He despises conservatives Ok, I'll give him that one; sort of.

aim is to accelerate history by frightening people and creating conflict. In particular, he wants to cause the US to move to take away people’s guns, and the Second Amendment supporters to respond to this violently. Good luck with that dick-nuts. Oh wait... FAIL

He wants the US to be balkanized into warring racial and regional factions, to destroy the ability of the US to project power around the world.    ? Oh for fucks sake, see responce 3 plus go fuck yourself... (ok, some here would agree with that of sorts. Hey, does it make you mentaly ill? See what I did there? 8-P...)

radicalized by traveling in Europe wow, ok... Been there too, I enjoyed it.

he chose the firearms for his attack specifically to incite an argument within the US, leading to the left attempting to confiscate guns, thereby starting a civil war.   What the fuck is he doing; channeling Charlie Manson? Well at least he's persistant about not really knowing shit about the USA. Ok, I'm not proud about this, it's shamfull in fact but I'm just saying this becouse it's true: tens of thousands are shot every year in the USA including dozens of childern killed at a time in schools and we haven't even seriously consided confiscate guns and this guy thinks killing people in a different country would set us off. This guy did this to start a civil war in the USA. WTF?

He says he is not a Nazi, Sure ok, you're a ethno-nationalist eco-fascist thing'a-ma-gigger 8-/

This was a brutal slap: No it was cowardly murder and that is all it achived in the end; murder. From one white man to another: Fuck you; go into the trash bin of obscurity and die there.

praises the People’s Republic of China as his ideal state.  Nobody is perfect.

This guy isn't mentaly ill he's a dangerous fucking fool.

You know becouse he was trying to start shit in the USA over guns he kind'a targeted me in a way to do his bidding. What an asshole.

Sat, 2019-03-23 10:10

(Reply to #190) #191

Paladin1

NorthReport wrote:

Anti-discrimination group wants to create mapping tool of hatred across Canada

https://globalnews.ca/news/5083956/anti-discrimination-group-create-mapp...

I'll bring the pitch fork you bring the wood.

Sat, 2019-03-23 12:59

#192

NorthReport

https://www.straight.com/news/1218066/gurpreet-singh-hands-against-racism-campaign-attracts-provincial-recognition-and

Sat, 2019-03-23 16:50

(Reply to #192) #193

voice of the damned

Bec.De.Corbin wrote:

identifies himself as an “ethno-nationalist eco-fascist.” Really, what the fuck is that?

The wikipedia article on the tendency is pretty threadbare. I'd imagine Murray Bookchin had the most coherent take on it...

https://tinyurl.com/zj93nnu

And I remember the term "eco-fascist" being used derisively to describe certain types of environmentalists, by left-wing friends of mine in the 1990s. These were people as I recall who enjoyed Bookchin's writings, so possibly an influence there.

And, informally, you've got people like Brigitte Bardot, who is(was?) married to a member of the National Front, and can't seem to shut up about how certain racial groups are "savages" for their alleged mistreatment of animals.

https://tinyurl.com/y6qm7bx9

I think Bardot is more about animal-rights than ecology, though the people who run the Sea Shepherd(as seen on that Whale Wars show) named one of their boats after her, long after her views on race had become well-known. I saw that Paul Watson guy speak once in the 80s some time, and as I recall, he subscribes to some sort of "deep ecology" belief system.