akornfan

remember when they kidnapped Adrian Schoolcraft and had him forcibly admitted to a mental institution as punishment for whistleblowing? cool org!

have you read Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat? the first couple chapters are about this too, and I think it's hard to learn about this stuff without becoming at least sympathetic to views like J. Sakai's

it’s very, very old-timey. you might have heard “rakish”, as in “a rakish grin”, which is derived from it and is in slightly more common usage. otherwise we’re talkin’ like late 1800s imo

and Riot

no prob. I’m pretty sure I learned about it from Research & Destroy’s annotated book of NYPD challenge coins, which is really insightful into its culture: https://researchdestroy.com

edit: yep, p21. they depict him as a screaming rat in a straitjacket