The subtle anthropological jab that, in fact, Romani people are of Aryan descent is delightful
raitaisrandom on
“Are you an Aryan?”
“Lmao, are you???”
Mazquerade__ on
Tolkien, the most based man of the 20th century.
OneEstablishment1324 on
The irony of them basically stealing a phrase and using it to describe themselves, not realizing that from an anthropological standpoint, they were dead wrong and Aryan didn’t mean what they thought it was.
It was telling that one of the titles used by Mohammad Reza Shah, the last monarch of Iran before the monarchy’s abolition, was *Aryamehr* which meant “Light of the Aryans”
which is really a shame, that there is so much in history and mythology to meme about, but some people just prefer to repost
SylvesterStalPWNED on
Anyone remember that weird period of the internet like 7+ years ago where a bunch of zoomers were trying to say that Tolkien was racist? Wild
BlueString94 on
He even made a reference to gypsies originally being from India, what a scholarly madlad.
ColdFusion363 on
The fact that he called Indian, Persians, even the Romani/Gypsy people as the true representative of this whole “Aryan race” is quite amusing. Not to mention that he called Jews as gifted people as well.
Not_Carbuncle on
God genuinely one of the most based things ever
GustavoFromAsdf on
Is that what Aryan is supposed to mean? Indio-Iranian?
PhoenixisLegnd on
And yet Twitter uses this as proof that J.R.R. Tolkien is a Nazi.
LaughingHiram on
Get a yes or no out of a philologist. Damned autocorrect
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“Are you Aryan?” Tolkien: *activates elf mode*
The subtle anthropological jab that, in fact, Romani people are of Aryan descent is delightful
“Are you an Aryan?”
“Lmao, are you???”
Tolkien, the most based man of the 20th century.
The irony of them basically stealing a phrase and using it to describe themselves, not realizing that from an anthropological standpoint, they were dead wrong and Aryan didn’t mean what they thought it was.
It was telling that one of the titles used by Mohammad Reza Shah, the last monarch of Iran before the monarchy’s abolition, was *Aryamehr* which meant “Light of the Aryans”
u/bot-sleuth-bot
repost
[https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/gswqt5/are_you_aryan_mrtolkien/](https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/gswqt5/are_you_aryan_mrtolkien/)
rule 2
which is really a shame, that there is so much in history and mythology to meme about, but some people just prefer to repost
Anyone remember that weird period of the internet like 7+ years ago where a bunch of zoomers were trying to say that Tolkien was racist? Wild
He even made a reference to gypsies originally being from India, what a scholarly madlad.
The fact that he called Indian, Persians, even the Romani/Gypsy people as the true representative of this whole “Aryan race” is quite amusing. Not to mention that he called Jews as gifted people as well.
God genuinely one of the most based things ever
Is that what Aryan is supposed to mean? Indio-Iranian?
And yet Twitter uses this as proof that J.R.R. Tolkien is a Nazi.
Get a yes or no out of a philologist. Damned autocorrect
What a freaking burn