What would you make of this Twitter exchange?

[Tammuz]

I was looking around a bit on Twitter and found the below tweet by Didrik Søderlind, a Norwegian skeptic and humanist:

Hey, anti-racists: When you label virtually every Germanic or Viking reference (like #ultimathule) as racist and/or Nazi, you're proving right those who claim that white people aren't allowed to have their culture.

https://twitter.com/DidrikSoderlind/status/1080515497043652608

Among the responses it received, one was this:

In a related "Hey!": Hey, fellow white people! When you're calling Viking or tribal Celtic culture "our culture", you're doing cultural appropriation. And that's OK, because appropriation is not always a negative thing, and is a part of how dead and dying cultures get passed on.

https://twitter.com/DenUngeHerrHolm/status/1080723979726397440

Now it feels like I can't unpack all of this in my mind. Sure, it refers to nonsensical concepts like "cultural appropriation". And it talks about "white culture" specifically, whatever that is. But in general it seems to rely on a sort of racial view of the world that I don't think makes any sense. What would you make of it?

 

[Elixir]

it talks about "white culture" specifically, whatever that is.

Let me help you out:

 

[AirPoh]

What would you make of it?

What would I make of it? Stupid people say stupid things and their stupidity is only worth my time if it's entertaining.

 

[repoman]

A cursory look is that both of these guys are artists that also like tech and history but are not racist. So probably they don't like people arguing about racism surrounding these topics.

Imagine being an artist who likes making a lot of old European themed work and having both ethno-nationalists praising your work and "SJWs" hating on it only for that fact. It would get annoying.

Also, there is some part of this tweet exchange that is a bit sarcastic and maybe should be in quotes because they are writing like how an SJW or ethno-nationalist would.

Granted, if they are too good at mocking stupid talking points then they face the risk of people thinking that it what they really think.