Without lambasting the Nordic Paganism or any other re-
constructionist belief system. It is only correct to put it into the
context of the particular thoughts of the leader of the NSDAP
(assuming these were his thoughts). I believe heartedly that all
other derivations would be treated with similar disdain.
Here, I quote also from his text (please remember that it is
difficult, to do justice, to any thinking by just lifting
paraphrases from a book).
MEIN KAMPF. Adolf Hitler (1889-1945). Chapter X
It is typical of such persons that they rant about ancient Teutonic
heroes of the dim and distant ages, stone axes, battle spears and
shields, whereas in reality they themselves are the woefullest
poltroons imaginable. For those very same people who brandish
Teutonic tin swords that have been fashioned carefully according to
ancient models and wear padded bear-skins, with the horns of oxen
mounted over their bearded faces, proclaim that all contemporary
conflicts must be decided by the weapons of the mind alone. And thus
they skedaddle when the first communist cudgel appears. Posterity
will have little occasion to write a new epic on these heroic
gladiators.
[…]
I have seen too much of that kind of people not to feel a profound
contempt for their miserable play-acting. To the masses of the nation
they are just an object of ridicule; but the Jew finds it to his own
interest to treat these folk-lore comedians with respect and to
prefer them to real men who are fighting to establish a German
State. And yet these comedians are extremely proud of themselves.
[…]
Among those people there were some whose conduct can be explained by
their innate stupidity and incompetence; but there are others who
have a definite ulterior purpose in view. Often it is difficult to
distinguish between the two classes. The impression which I often
get, especially of those so-called religious reformers whose creed
is grounded on ancient Germanic customs, is that they are the
missionaries and protégés of those forces which do not wish to see a
national revival taking place in Germany.
[…]
It was not without good reason that when we laid down a clearly
defined programme for the new movement we excluded the word VÖLKISCH
from it.The concept underlying the term VÖLKISCH cannot serve as the
basis of a movement, because it is too indefinite and general in its
application. Therefore, if somebody called himself VÖLKISCH such a
designation could not be taken as the hall-mark of some definite,
party affiliation.
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Poltroon: a spiritless coward