If it isn’t Zionazi freaks, anti-communist fascists, or dog-whistling Ukranazis it’s few and far between you find someone who’s into military stuff that isn’t throwing up the roman salute.
Big shoutout to local hero @Tervell@hexbear.net for reminding me that not all mil geeks are blood and soil weirdos.
I’m also glad Karl got to keep Russel Phagan/“Sinistral Rifleman” in the divorce with Ian McCollum, since I think the KP-15 polymer AR lower receiver that Phagan produces is pretty neat. Plus Phagan is a very good shooter who posts incredibly fast match times despite looking like he doesn’t do a lot of cardio
yeah I was pleasantly surprised that Russel is chill, that wasn’t obvious a few years ago.
Honestly same for Karl, I remember him treating his K-98k with a little too much reverence during a mud test & thinking he was chuddier than Ian. Then Ian tried publishing a Swedish nazi’s AZOV memoirs & posted 3 deleted justifications for why he needed to platform the fash before finally acceeding to peer pressure
oh man that day was wild. bro was professionally “apolitical” for so long he forgot the rest of the world doesn’t work that way.
A final note on the InRange clique then I’ll cease my parasocial ramblings: I’m grateful for a Hexbear making me aware that Deviant Ollam’s wife has a Wikipedia page for being a CFR ghoul. But that’s unsurprising for anarchists.