RegularJoe@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoPete Hegseth’s Arabic tattoo stirs controversy: ‘clear symbol of Islamophobia’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPete Hegseth’s Arabic tattoo stirs controversy: ‘clear symbol of Islamophobia’www.theguardian.comRegularJoe@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month ago… He’s got a Jerusalem Cross and Deus Vult tattoo. He’s literally a Christofascist cosplaying a crusader.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago He’s literally a Christofascist cosplaying a crusader. They’re the same picture. If anything the way he’s acting is more reflective of the actual crusaders than how westerners usually think of them.
minus-squarebarneypiccolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago“Deus vult” is a Latin phrase that means “God wills it”. It was a rallying cry for the Christian Crusaders during the First Crusade in 1096.
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He’s got a Jerusalem Cross and Deus Vult tattoo. He’s literally a Christofascist cosplaying a crusader.
They’re the same picture. If anything the way he’s acting is more reflective of the actual crusaders than how westerners usually think of them.
What does deus vault mean?
“Deus vult” is a Latin phrase that means “God wills it”. It was a rallying cry for the Christian Crusaders during the First Crusade in 1096.