A footnote on Anders Breivik and his Fascist fantasies

By M E Synon for the Daily Mail

Published: 11:00 GMT, 24 August 2012 | Updated: 11:04 GMT, 24 August 2012

After hearing his murder conviction this morning, Anders Behring Breivik gave a salute which he apparently thought was a Fascist salute.

Here he is:

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Salute: Mass murderer Anders Breivik, makes what he presumably thinks is a Fascist salute after arriving in an Oslo court for sentencing

However, what he in fact was giving was a black power salute, famously seen here at the 1968 Olympics:

Controversial: But Breivik was in fact performing the Black Power salute, seen here during the 1968 Summer Olympics

Or go even further back and you will find Breivik's salute used for Russian's 1922 October Revolution:

History: Breivik's salute also goes back to Russia's 1922 October Revolution

The difference is in the hand, which Fascists hold flat. Their salute was based on the cod-Classical Roman pose invented in the 18th century by the French painter David, for his picture The Oath of the Horatii:

Origins: Fascists salute with their hands flat, a gesture based on the cod-Classical Roman pose invented in the 18th century by French painter David in The Oath of the Horatii

Which tells us nothing more about Breivik, except raises the question: how stupid and vile does a man have to be to fail as both a human being and as a Fascist?

I mean, usually you'd reckon that if someone were stupid and vile he'd have the Fascist thing sewn up.

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