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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner says nobody ever told him the large SS-Totenkopf tattoo he's had on his chest for the last 18 years is a Nazi symbol (www.notus.org)
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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It amazes me how many people on this site are still going to bat for Platner after this has come out. I think this post does a good job of pointing out why the defense I keep seeing on here about him not knowing what it meant falls flat. Dude is a military history buff and someone doesn’t know what that incredibly famous image means? I don’t buy it for a second. Maybe twenty years ago when he got it, but zero chance that hasn’t been brought to his attention by now. Especially with the report that he used to go around and tell people that that’s exactly what it was.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    I dunno man, Susan Collins or a secret Nazi. It’s a tough choice.

    Edit: The sad thing is that I don’t even know if I’m being sarcastic…

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    You do realize the election is a year away and the primaries haven’t happened yet, right? It is in no way a binary choice between those two candidates.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I do realize that, yes. It was an attempt at levity, because holy shit, what a world we live in.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    Haha, right on, almost put that if it was sarcasm then you totally got me on it. After being called a puritan for taking issue with him having a nazi tattoo, I can’t tell who is being serious or not on this anymore.

    I think my favorite lighthearted response (from bluesky) was- Never trust a man with frosted tips. Seems like a pretty good code to live by.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    My dad got a Confederate flag tattoo under identical circumstances when he was in the military. Years later when he realized how dumb it was he got it covered up.

    My brother, a union mechanic in a deeply rural area and served in the military, never identified as socialist or communist. And when he saw a coworker with a deaths head sticker on his hard had immediately knew what it was, and called me.

    I'm sorry, this guy is either a deep operator or incredibly dumb. His leftism isn't practical, its just ideas. If he's just mistaken, that's fair. Go out and get some actual experience. But he is disqualified to lead our movements, for a very long time.

    When this big tough white middle aged oyster farmer gets arrested and tortured by Israeli military for trying to smuggle aid into Gaza, when he has successfully run local campaigns that have had a real lasting positive effect on the lives of our most vulnerable workers, then let's have a frank conversation about his qualifications for office.

    I actually know someone who was on the Gaza flotilla. This guy is a joke.

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