Nipster

Nipster is a slang term used in Germany to refer to young neo-Nazis who embrace aspects of hipster culture. Historically, German neo-Nazis have promoted an ultra-masculine and extreme right-wing image, preferring short hair, violent imagery and combat gear — in keeping with the white power skinhead or casual subcultures — while rejecting most modern pop culture. Recently this has begun to change, with young "nipsters" embracing causes such as animal rights and environmentalism alongside historically far right positions, including anti-immigration views. Nipsters, rather than rejecting modern pop culture, seek instead to hijack it to promote neo-Nazi ideals.[1] This has also been seen in the New Right and National Anarchism movements.

Rolling Stone magazine profiled Patrick Schroeder, one of the founders of the nipster movement, who said he desires to "give the German National Socialist movement 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 like Tumblr frequently host nipster content, and at least one vegan neo-Nazi cooking show, called Balaclava Küche, exists.[2] A video showing a young neo-Nazi dancing to the Harlem Shake gained over 17,000 views on YouTube between 2013 and 2014.[1] There are neo-Nazi hip-hop and reggae bands.

This meaning of the term nipster has since spread outside Germany; in the United States, it is occasionally used to refer to members of the alt-right. [3]

Other uses of the term

In 2011, three students founded the German online magazine Nipster,[4] using the neologism to depict hipsters in the town of Nuremberg, not neo-Nazi hipsters. The online magazine has since folded.[5] Outside of Germany, the term nipster has been used with different meanings, including Asian hipsters and fans of male breasts.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Heil Hipster: The Young Neo-Nazis Trying to Put a Stylish Face on Hate".
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZwFJPW-7DNGYAN8UK0vtJg
  3. ↑ "Big Nazi on Campus: How Racists Rallied at UC Berkeley with Police Protection".
  4. ↑ http://www.nipster.net
  5. ↑ http://www.musikexpress.de/style/article616517/von-wegen-phaenomen-was-es-mit-dem-angeblichen-nazi-hipster-nipster-auf-sich-hat.html
  6. ↑ "Nazi hipsters? 'Nipster' movement spreading across Germany".

External links

The 'Nipsters': NPD and neo-Nazis change their style

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