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Right. For what it's worth I think the fracturedness of it is a benefit because it gives you total freedom to interpret as best you see fit.

It also makes up for the scant written record in any given tradition, because you can broaden the scope to neighboring traditions and they fill in our understanding. Thinking of the Norse and Danish versions of the tale of Baldr and Hodr for example. Or looking at the Vedic to understand the Germanic -- both having indo-European origins.

And unfortunately, trans people misguidedly viewing Loki as their hero god is the least of the faggotry that gets tossed around in the name of these faiths. One of the reasons I tend to sparingly use the word "pagan" to describe this topic. I see this generally as a symptom of our society's psychological sickness -- and unfortunately it's kind of inevitable that would invade the spiritual realm. Christianity is similarly plagued.

But I don't concern myself too much with what other choose to believe -- or I'd lose my fucking mind.

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But I don't concern myself too much with what other choose to believe -- or I'd lose my fucking mind.

Yeah, this is why I've had to definitely slow down on watching Arith Hargr's newer videos. He's projecting his own politics into it too much, now, while screaming "This is the truth, whether you like it or not. I'm just here to spread the truth, and you stupid racist bigots need to just accept it!" He's not an educator anymore, he's a proselytizer at this point, to me.

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Yeah, I noticed that too. It's a shame his stuff used to be pretty good quality.