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Storming is just a term for what they did. It doesn't come from any particular movement.
by mkr-hn 6y ago
Storming is just a term for what they did. It doesn't come from any particular movement.
- andybak 6y agoMany words would have been valid substitutions. Each word choice has it's own associations and resonances.
- x3iv130f 6y agoThere are some Neo-Nazi associations with the word Storm. In Nazi Germany Sturmabteilung or "Storm Division" was the paramilitary division of the Nazi party until it was replaced by the SS on the Night of Long Knives. Some Neo-Nazis have kept up the language. Stormfront is a popular Neo-Nazi website. The Daily Stormer is another. I don't follow Neo-Nazism but I am sure there are others. So calling the riot a "Storming" is suggestive that it is an organized assault by Neo-Nazis.
- mkr-hn 6y agoI suppose that takes "blitz" out of consideration. I see your point, though.