What started out as a comment in response to seashell over the Thor controversy quickly became a post unto itself. Here is the original comment:

If you have ever read into the history of the German Nazi Party and following white supremacist splinter groups throughout the world, you'll know that these sociopaths have a special place of reverence for Nordic mythology. So, in daring to produce a high budget adaptation of Thor and including a cast that looks like America, writers like Richard Spencer (also a contributor at Pat Buchanan's lovely The American Conservative magazine) are aghast:

There’s a new Thor movie coming out soon. It’s based on a comic book that’s roughly based on Norse mythology (which means that it will feature bearded men wearing helmets and carrying spears and mead horns; don’t expect Asatru). Predictably, after Black Muslims have been brought into Sherwood forest and a Hollywood casting director was fired for refusing to cast non-White hobbits, Odin’s pantheon is thoroughly multiculti.

There's a lot of value in reading and absorbing material from across the political spectrum, as it gives you a clear idea of what on earth is actually going on. After going through books by Saul Alinsky and Christopher Hitchens (the latter of which still describes himself as a Marxist), a few things have struck me.