Bernhard Weidinger

Bernhard Weidinger

@bweidin.bsky.social

monitors the Austrian far right @doew.at. Member of @fipu.bsky.social. Takes in English for the most part. Private account.

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@aaronnagler.bsky.social Man, I was taking in the watch party and gut reactions and I gotta say, I've never seen you so agitated. Very frustrating game from a Packers standpoint. Admire how you still kept your assessments fair and weren't making excuses. Wishing you better refs on Thursday!

Sehr lesenswerte Recherche zur freiheitlichen Inseratenförderung für rechtsextreme Medien. Eine von vielen Leistungen, die die FPÖ für diese Medien erbringt - neben exklusivem Content (Interviews, Gastkommentare), Sharing auf Social Media und parlamentarischen Initiativen (z.B. gegen Debanking)...

Stoppt die Rechten@stopptdierechten.at

Seit Oktober 2025 macht EU-Recht politische Onlinewerbung transparenter. Unsere erstmalige Langzeitauswertung dokumentiert mindestens 369.660 Euro aus FPÖ-Strukturen für rechtsextreme Medien, mehr als ein Drittel davon für AUF1 – bei auffälligen Diskrepanzen zur Webreichweite.

Weiterführender Literaturtipp - der Text von @luis-paulitsch.bsky.social und mir im neuen Handbuch Rechtsextremismus: „Die fünfte Gewalt“: (Parallel-)Medien und Rechtsextremismus in Österreich, in: Kranebitter/Vogel/Weidinger, Handbuch Rechtsextremismus in Österreich, Wien 2026, S. 274–289.

Bei der Einordnung von Handgesten geht es oft um Kontext (und plausible deniability). Lehrer vor Klasse: i.A. eher Schweigefuchs als Wolfsgruß; Klippenspringerin nach Auftauchen: eher "OK" 👌 als "White Power"; Mandatar bei Angelobung: eher Schwurhand als Kühnengruß? tirol.orf.at/stories/3376...

tirol.orf.atFPÖ-Gemeinderat sorgt für AufregungAufregung hat es Donnerstagvormittag im Innsbrucker Gemeinderat gegeben. Im Zuge seiner Angelobung hob FPÖ-Ersatzgemeinderat Mario Fauster die rechte Hand, Daumen-, Zeige-, und Mittelfinger waren ausg...

Anlässlich Ingeborg Bachmanns 100. Geburtstag übermorgen ein Lektüretipp für alle, die die Wahrheit dem Menschen zumutbar finden: B. Bailer/A. Kranebitter (2026), Die FPÖ in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Im Kern rechtsextrem, in: Handbuch Rechtsextremismus in Österreich (shop.falter.at/handbuch-rec...).

Lukas Hammer@lukashammer.bsky.social

Ich habe gerade (von Präsident Haubner) meinen ersten Ordnungsruf im Nationalrat bekommen. Weil ich die FPÖ als rechtsextrem bezeichnet habe und das auf Nachfrage nicht zurückgenommen habe.

In a series of parliamentary questions, the FPÖ set out to expose Freemason networks – only to learn that Austrian ministries, unlike the Nazis, don't keep lists of Freemasons! Rest assured the FPÖ will rediscover freedom of association once someone inquires about German-nationalist frat members...

The guy whom both Viennese "Identitarians" and Ivan Krastev decided to platform earlier this year. Truly a fascinating thinker with compelling and totally novel ideas that liberals must not shy away from engaging with! /s

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Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com

It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.

The upside of watching football🏈 with NFL Gamepass®: you get the original commentary & see new fast food items before they come to Europe. The downside: you get to see Ken Paxton ads & what I thought was a Milleresque Trump 28 campaign announcement, but turned out to be "Paid by the US Government".

Correction: Kubitschek II. It was hard to catch a glimpse of anything, as the "identitarian" event, much like the "identitarian" worldview, was hermetically sealed, in stark contrast to the counter-event, which was held outdoors and had speeches, great live music, food, and even a bouncy castle.

Stoppt die Rechten@stopptdierechten.at

Götz was not there; instead, he sent his son Wieland up the Danube, who then recited passages from his father’s works. However, his recitation skills do not yet seem to be fully developed, he was not mentioned in the retrospectives.

Congratulations to the women of @fk-austria.at on winning the first-ever Vienna football derby, women's edition! The men's version is Europe's longest continuously running city derby. Rapid were particularly late to embrace women's football, which partly explains today's 6–0 defeat.

In 2022, I conducted research at Northwestern on how American college fraternities compare to their 🇩🇪/🇦🇹 counterparts. Masculinity plays a key role in any all-male organization, but what is regarded as ideal masculinity differs. A couple of thoughts on the #Cornell57. 🧵 1/8 CN: sexualized violence.

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The networks of male complicity function particularly well where shared experiences of denigration (hazing), shared liminal experiences (Mensur), or — in more general terms — a culture of not respecting people's boundaries, intimacy, and physical integrity have prepared members for it. 7/8

PS: In the U.S., relations between frats & universities are usually much tighter, which gives schools more leverage to impose sanctions (revoke affiliation, housing rights...). However, it also means they have to account for frat guys among trustees, donors, alums, admin personnel, and faculty. 8/8

In 2022, I conducted research at Northwestern on how American college fraternities compare to their 🇩🇪/🇦🇹 counterparts. Masculinity plays a key role in any all-male organization, but what is regarded as ideal masculinity differs. A couple of thoughts on the #Cornell57. 🧵 1/8 CN: sexualized violence.

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Both German & "Greek" frats self-define as “brotherhoods": refuges for "real" (anachronistic) masculinity and families that reproduce, generation after generation, seemingly without female interference (of course, masculinity very much needs female objects in order to reproduce as a concept). 5/8

Partaking in bro culture often entails becoming a perpetrator and always entails becoming complicit to some degree by looking the other way, covering up, downplaying, or justifying acts of violence. "You have your brother’s back, no matter what." "You don’t rat your bro out." "Bros b4 h**s." etc 6/8

In 2022, I conducted research at Northwestern on how American college fraternities compare to their 🇩🇪/🇦🇹 counterparts. Masculinity plays a key role in any all-male organization, but what is regarded as ideal masculinity differs. A couple of thoughts on the #Cornell57. 🧵 1/8 CN: sexualized violence.

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While there are frats in the U.S. that value academic achievement, the classic “Bad Neighbors” type more heavily favors binge drinking, athletic prowess, and having “game” as markers of masculinity. Non-homosocial partying and promiscuity seem to play a bigger role for male status among 🇺🇸 frats. 3/8

While rape and promiscuity are, obviously, two very different things, the very notion that women are but tokens to be used by men for pleasure and status is a breeding ground for male violence. That's what rape culture is about — which is, in turn, enabled by and deeply baked into bro culture. 4/8

In 2022, I conducted research at Northwestern on how American college fraternities compare to their 🇩🇪/🇦🇹 counterparts. Masculinity plays a key role in any all-male organization, but what is regarded as ideal masculinity differs. A couple of thoughts on the #Cornell57. 🧵 1/8 CN: sexualized violence.

The masculinity embraced by German “Burschenschaften” centers on soldierly values: honor, “fatherland” (German ethnicity), the readiness to fight, and sacrifice. The key ritual in which that masculinity is performed and reproduced is the traditional student fencing (“Mensur”). 2/8

The Austrian Journalists Club canceled a book presentation: "We cannot guarantee [the co-author's] safety and given similar incidents in the past, we fear riotous disruptions." The book portrays "remarkable Jewish women" & is titled "Courage", which the ÖJC clearly lacks. wien.orf.at/stories/3372...

wien.orf.atVeranstaltung von Danielle Spera abgesagtDer Österreichische Journalisten Club (ÖJC) hat eine Buchpräsentation mit der ehemaligen Journalistin und Direktorin des Jüdischen Museums, Danielle Spera, abgesagt. Als Grund führte der ÖJC Sicherhei...

Yesterday, European far-right parties from the "Patriots for Europe" (PfE) EP faction held a conference in Strasbourg, where they expressed support for Israel and signed a charter adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism. A thread. 🧵 1/9

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My reading on the situation is that we're not looking at an actual normalization of FPÖ-Israel relations yet, but rather at yet another instance of Likud pushing for it. With elections upcoming in Israel, it might be worth noting that a Likud-less government might view things quite differently. 8/9

The Jewish Community in Austria (IKG), on their part, have so far given no indication they are ready to move away from their long-standing no-contact policy vis-à-vis the FPÖ. Whatever "turning point" Likud & company may be at right now, the Austrian Jewry doesn't seem to be joining them. 9/9

Yesterday, European far-right parties from the "Patriots for Europe" (PfE) EP faction held a conference in Strasbourg, where they expressed support for Israel and signed a charter adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism. A thread. 🧵 1/9

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The reactions I've seen so far from the extra-parliamentary extreme right in 🇦🇹 & 🇩🇪 are, by and large, decidedly negative, be it the "New Right", "alternative media", or neo-Nazis. Leading pundits express "bitter disappointment" in Kickl for buying into Israel support and "the cult of guilt". 6/9

The refusal to follow Kickl on this is unsurprising: most of them, plain and simple, hate Israel; they reject the notion of a special 🇦🇹/🇩🇪 responsibility for Jewish life today; and while K embraced Holocaust education in his speech, they want to end it, viewing it as a hindrance to "remigration". 7/9

Yesterday, European far-right parties from the "Patriots for Europe" (PfE) EP faction held a conference in Strasbourg, where they expressed support for Israel and signed a charter adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism. A thread. 🧵 1/9

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Imho, Kickl's speech is remarkable not bc it marked a departure from the Strache era, but bc he had so far given the impression that lobbying for a "kosher stamp", like Strache had done quite emphatically, was beneath him. I'd put this down as an advance concession to a future coalition partner. 4/9

Knesset member Ariel Kellner, who was in attendance in Strasbourg, highlighted the common ground Likud and PfE find in "the struggle between civilization and barbarism". Or, to put it more bluntly: in anti-Muslim racism. 5/9

Yesterday, European far-right parties from the "Patriots for Europe" (PfE) EP faction held a conference in Strasbourg, where they expressed support for Israel and signed a charter adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism. A thread. 🧵 1/9

In view of increased (self-)isolation and a situation in which considerable parts of the global left want to see Israel wiped off the map, the country's far-right government has been turning to new allies for some time now. In 2025, Likud became a "Patriots for Europe" observer member. 2/9

For Israeli Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud), the Strasbourg event marked a "historic turning point in the relationship between Austria's Freedom Party, the State of Israel and the Jewish people". Chikli hailed the speech given by FPÖ chairman Herbert Kickl as particularly significant. 3/9

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applying "Make ___ Great Again" to Germany really does kinda give the game away

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: “Wow! The Populist Party in Germany just had a really big night. They finally got tired of the absolutely horrible Immigration rules and regulations which have hurt Germany so badly. THEY ARE ON THE RISE, and not going to take it anymore! MGGA!!! President DJT”

Ob Herbert Kickl massenhaft Menschen deportieren will? Er, der einen Abschiebeflieger als Parteimaskottchen eingeführt hat? Schleierhaft, wie man auf eine solch infame Unterstellung kommen kann! #orfsg26 (Bildquelle: Telegram-Kanal von Herbert Kickl, 6.5.2026)

Neu von @campact.de: Übersicht zu relevanten "Empörungsmedien" (Selbstbild: "Alternativmedien", "freie Medien"), oder auch: rechten Hetz- und Desinformationsportalen im deutschsprachigen Raum. Inklusive dreier österreichischer Titel.

Astrid Deilmann@astriddeilmann.bsky.social

Die Empörungsmedien leben von Skandal und Polarisierung - und untergraben so gezielt unsere Demokratie. Wir setzen dagegen: seriöse Informationen. So tragen wir dazu bei, dass Menschen diese Angebote einordnen und sich eine eigene Meinung bilden können. Also gerne weitersagen.

Das Podium dieser Auftaktveranstaltung von "Make Europe Healthy Again" in Brüssel kam, wie es sich gehört, übrigens zu 50% aus Österreich: FPÖ-MEP G. Hauser (Co-Autor von "...und die Schwurbler hatten doch recht") & MEHA-Gründerin M. Hubmer-Mogg, bekannt geworden im Zuge der Covid-19-Proteste.

Berit Glanz@beritmiriam.bsky.social

Für Europäer ist es wichtig, dass es neben MAHA seit Oktober 2025 auch MEHA. (Make Europe Healthy Again) gibt. Auftakt hatte MEHA am 15. Oktober 2025 im Euopaparlament, gefördert von der Patriots for Europe Foundation.

In case you wondered what the former Austrian vice-chancellor (FPÖ) is up to these days: he's posting AI-generated vacation pictures. Guess he wasn't gonna find 5 organic designer shades dudebros in one place that would still voluntarily pose with him, but the one of "himself" is mildly disturbing.

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„Rechtsextrem“ ist das Wort der Woche der Ö1-Sendung „Moment“ – Bernhard Weidinger erklärt im Beitrag, was der Begriff bedeutet. Zum Beitrag (ca. ab Minute 18.30): oe1.orf.at/programm/202...

Caught the YVAN EHT NIOJ Simpsons episode the other day and couldn't help thinking that even Lieutenant L.T. Smash, the guy haunted by hallucinations in which flower-slinging hippies on a giant mantis attack the US, would be like "dude, you gotta CHILL a little" if he were to ever meet Pete Hegseth.

Von manchen Seiten, u. a. vom Mauthausen Komitee, wurde damals die Befürchtung geäußert, es könnte zu einer Zweckentfremdung der Diversion als für Beschuldigte und Justiz gleichermaßen "billige" Lösung kommen. (Ob diese Befürchtung eingetreten ist, wird zu gegebener Zeit zu evaluieren sein).

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Wie funktioniert popkulturelle Aneignung durch die extreme Rechte? In der @wienerzeitung.at durfte ich neben Bianca Kämpf vom @doew.at über Metapolitik sprechen und den notwendigen Strategiewechsel im progressiven Lager, wie ihn der YouTuber 'Marcant' vormacht. www.wienerzeitung.at/a/die-identi...

wienerzeitung.atDie Identitäre Links-Rechts-Schwäche | WZ • Wiener ZeitungWas hat der „Hot Girl Summer“ mit Rechtsextremismus zu tun?