#and whose profile describes him as an 'Advocate for Liberty' (🧐)

[aeide-thea]

Left: "Mars, the Bringer of War" (2003) by Toshiyuki Enoki, cropped to remove the artist's stamp. Right: "Head of a Lady in Medieval Costume" (1900) by Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola, antisemitic painter and pioneer of military camouflage, cropped and reversed.

[hypokeimena]

#feels also worth noting that the source for the first image is a twitter user whose avatar is‚ wait for it‚ a bust of aristotle #and whose profile describes him as an 'Advocate for Liberty' (🧐) #so between guirand de scévola's own stance and some of the dogwhistles there… #i feel pretty comfortable characterizing this as an 'Aesthetics Beloved of the Fash-Adjacent' post

#like. i too love classics—i majored in it! but so many of the other ppl who love classics are. like this. #so you start to get wary when you see a white(?) guy in a greek-style helmet‚ lol #(this may not be a white guy bc like. cf many conversations abt japanese chars in manga who westerners read as white) #(but like. i bet that twitter user who digs this piece reads the subject as white‚ you know?) #to be clear‚ i don't know anything abt toshiyuki enoki's politics and am making no claims abt him #but it's just like. the fash-adjacent are SO commonly moths to the flame of these aesthetics

#anyway. as ever: #credit is the currency of the internet economy #and you do a disservice to both the original creator and to readers who might like to learn more when you pass around uncredited work #in this case the disservice unfortunately includes: platforming an antisemite without yr readers being aware of what they're engaging with (tags via @aeide-thea)