
Peter Sweden is a right-wing blogger accused of antisemitism, homophobia and Islamophobia.
He also has a habit of posting incredibly bad takes.
An old post by Sweden has recently resurfaced and honestly it’s a strong contender for the worst take of all time…
Dear entitled millenials who whine about "white male privilege" all day. - We gave women the right to vote. - We e… https://t.co/CZ2As2pxv9— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden) 1517623366
Obviously, Sweden didn’t give women the vote or end slavery because he wasn’t born when those things happened.
And his contribution to “fighting the evils of Nazism and Communism” doesn't seem to go much further than tweeting a lot.
But those are small problems here.
The big problem is… well… you can probably guess what it is…
@PeterSweden7 Who was withholding the right to vote from women? Who started the transatlantic slave trade?— VƎX, Whomst Transed The Gender (@VƎX, Whomst Transed The Gender) 1517748588
The fact that white men didn’t have to fight for the vote or get out of slavery is pretty much the basis of white male privilege.
And asking for a thank you for “giving” women and people of colour very basic rights is an insanely stupid argument.
@PeterSweden7 "We stole your rights for centuries but eventually gave them back because you wouldn't stop marching" is not a bragging point.— Viral Spiral (@Viral Spiral) 1517702668
@PeterSweden7 Bitch, you were the ones enslaving people and not letting us vote! This is like whining that people a… https://t.co/DZWFmeOJLX— Kingfisher & Wombat (@Kingfisher & Wombat) 1517705188
@PeterSweden7 lol none of that stuff was yours to begin with you pancake— lua james (@lua james) 1517704481
Also, the idea that white men just gave away those rights ignores the work by women and POC civil rights activists who fought for them.
@PeterSweden7 "You" didn't "give" people shit. They rose up and took it from you, you smirking jackass.— Dennis Perkins (@Dennis Perkins) 1517703236
Oh, and it wasn’t just white men who defeated the Nazis as well – as historian Mike Stuchbery pointed out.
@PeterSweden7 You know who killed a hell of a lot of Nazis? Lyudmila Pavlichenko notched up 309, just to start. https://t.co/C9mXGJ2GDe— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷) 1517694328
While we're on the topic of Nazism, it's worth remembering why Sweden is controversial.
In 2016, he wrote a series of antisemitic tweets in which he spread anti-Jewish conspiracy theories, denied that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust, and said Adolf Hitler “had some good points”.
He backtracked on those comments when HuffPost published them in 2017, saying that he no longer holds those opinions.
I have had opinions in the past that I strongly regret. Please retweet. https://t.co/sf8CBRVQwW— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden) 1500498216
Although, his tweets were only one year old at the time and most people manage to get through life without ever denying the Holocaust.
Maybe Sweden has changed his mind about white male privilege as well, now that people have explained why his take is one of the worst of all time.
@PeterSweden7 I’m...drowning in the stupidity and arrogance of this tweet.— lisa ➖〰️➖ (@lisa ➖〰️➖) 1517724177
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