Here’s the real on the symbology behind this Indian cosplaying douchebag aka “QAnon Shaman.” Buffalo horns + fur hat + feathers are all used to convey a wild west message; it’s an uncivilized savagery only found in opposition to colonial America. A marginalization. A fighter. /1

QAnon Shaman is a white dude enacting a violent appropriation that invokes a bygone era while ignoring THE PEOPLE he aims to emulate. Indigenous ppl on this land have been fighting for sovereignty since the arrival of idiots like this, who know nothing EXCEPT freedom. /2

This aspiring actor isn’t unlike many other “well-meaning whites” that I’ve come across in my day. Spiritually misguided and unwilling to face the injustice in their continued cultural theft. I’ve met WAY too many white women who’ve called themselves “shaman.” /3

What these spiritual cosplayers seek is authority. They want the freedom of enlightenment and cult leadership without recognizing that these things sit on the throne of white supremacy. A people - mine - have suffered and died to protect our ways from these insufferable fools.