Instead, it’s just one uncomfortable way that the game’s burgeoning community intersects with one of the internet’s most incendiary. (We’ve contacted Ubisoft for comment and will update if we hear back.) The meme, too, is divorced from the alt-right movement. In the case of For Honor, “Deus vult” is just a phrase used by the community without any political associations. “The current surge of Deus Vult does not seem to be part of, but part of a growing hatred for islamification, proved by simply reading the comments that come with that phrase,” explained one Redditor to another asking about the phrase’s proliferation last October. What r/ReclaimTheHolyLand was after is the ability. This drama is a bit unusual, it involves a more 'serious' altright sub r/deusvult being brigaded by crusader memesters r/reclaimtheholyland. So if youre looking for something a bit different to trump or 'sjw' drama this might be up your alley. The anglophone alt-right took it up as a rallying cry, turning what seemed like humorous invocations of premodern interreligious warfare into an actual cry for modern violence against Muslims. Deus Vult When Crusader Memes Hit The Alt Right. Refer to the history of the “Pepe the frog” meme for more on that.) As the game became popular, Deus Vult then became a widely used meme in internet gaming culture. (It’s also another example of the movement re-appropriating iconography for its purposes. While this connection has been debated - some argue that the phrase’s popularity is only attributable to Crusader Kings - the prevalent understanding is that “Deus vult” in the alt-right context is just another code word for hate-mongering. The alt-right’s memeification of “Deus vult” is just one part of what’s seen as the group’s larger obsession with anti-Islamic discourse and medieval imagery.

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