Eh, not really. This is not an admission of support. Here's why.

I've seen firsthand what it looks like when these creeps invade tolerant spaces. We're talking clubs packed full of goths, punks, metal-heads, very gay people, and the occasional furry. First, it's just one or two. Then their friends show up. You may not even realize it until it's too late. And there they are, happily mixing it up with everyone else. Their bigotry is usually only evident when put to the test, and there aren't a lot of situations where that's called for. But provoke their sense of 'correct' social hierarchy and things get bad, fast. Then the bouncers get called in to handle the really stupid/violent ones.

And that's where the problem lies with this statement. Nazis have zero issues standing side-by-side with the people they hate. Just as long as they know they can seize control or maintain the upper-hand whenever they want, is enough. In this situation, we have someone running for public office, versus someone who's just a voter. They'd be holding all the power in this situation, and didn't admit to lending that power to a trans person in any way; something that would divorce him from Nazis support. So, the assertion of "stand by your side" isn't even worth the electricity it took to get it to our screens.

Trump's made a million "good thing" promises.

This dude is obviously prone to making either bad, and/or - at the very least - poorly-informed choices. Not the qualities of a good leader.

Wow, people are really pulling the last bit out of context and assuming the worst implications. His "stand by you" and "knocking on doors" thing is him acknowledging his white male privilege to feel safe doing things like going door to door in most neighborhoods, and being happy to extend that safety to others by standing beside them while they do it.

I get the concern about having a Nazi tattoo for over a decade, and concern that everything he is doing is performative based on his past. But what he said was pretty unequivically that he will support LGBTQ+ people, including in action. Whether anyone believes him or not is up to them. But what he said was not mealy-mouthed, it was direct.

Seems he is going fairly hard in the mortally correct direction, there.

People change.

2016 me would have you think that 2025 me would be the goose stepping leader of the Trump fan club but instead I moved to a liberal city, came out of the closet and have been living a genuine and happy life.

I now despise trump and have come to embrace democratic socialism.

That radical change was directly related to my liberal friends being willing to talk with me and welcome me into their spaces despite our differences.

If we can't accept that people are capable of change then we're defaulted into a perpetual conflict where physical violence becomes inevitable.

If things can't be worked out with words people will result to hands. Those are ultimately the only two tools people have to deal with each other.

Accepting that people can change allows people feel like they have a space to change to. If I didn't have my friends to welcome me into their liberal space I never would have changed because the social pressure to stay conservative and for fear of being alone.

Yeah, hopefully.

There’s a really strong argument to be made that regardless of personal beliefs, seeking that kind of power is inherently untrustworthy. But until we have a national legislature draft we have to rely on the evidence we have that people are going to do good things in office.

I don’t know much about the candidate other than a few recent headlines but I admire the ability of a person to change their mind. This is especially true for someone in politics. Idk if he is a dickhead or if he really changed, but its good to own up to our mistakes.

A few years ago I remember seeing folks online who were ranting about Elizabeth Warren having been a republican so I looked it up. After watching her speak on the matter I sort of turned into a big Warren supporter, because she was able to admit she was wrong after seeming the data. That’s what I want in a representative. I don’t want someone who ignore data or twist it into something else.

I want someone who says “oh shit. Let’s fix this.”

You people keep saying "purity test" because you don't want to say "I'm fine if my Senator has Nazi tattoos". Own it, bud. Make your case why you want the Senator with the Nazi tattoo. Say it with your full chest.

Yeah, my friend, we all agree that people are capable of honest mistakes. Some of us just don't vote for a Senator unless they at least waited a couple years after getting rid of all their Nazi tattoos. It's not a high bar.

How many people would have recognized that image as a Nazi symbol before thos became news? I wouldn’t have, skull tatoos are common.

That just makes a stronger case against him. It is what it is--a nazi symbol used by the nazis. Not being familiar with it just means you're an average person who hasn't learned about all their symbols beyond the infamous swastika. The main people who are most likely to recognize it are either people who are into WWII history or people who are into nazi shit. Among those two groups of people, someone who would actually tattoo it over their heart are in the latter, not the former group, certainly not the average person. He has (finally) admitted he knew what it was.

Even if it wasn't a nazi tatoo; According to his words "He got a tattoo of a skull to memorialize his slaughtering of people in Ramadii and Falujah". Then hiis comments which dated as late as 2021 where he said about his war that "we would kill them all because our ways of life is superior."

BadEmpanda summerized it so well. What is your response to his arguments in this video?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=JZc5Mbix3VE

Enough sucking the dick of a moraless supramacist psychopathic war criminal just because he learned to lie to get votes and promised you better healthcare.

Fuck off with that reformed nonesense. Just admit you're a supramacist just like Nick Furete who says he would invade Venzula because it will benefit the US ecomony from their oil. Just like Israeli Zionist Jewish supermacists justifying maiming, blinding, and slaughtering of Palestinians because the Jews in their country gives them free lands and prevliages no one gets in any other where in the world.

Listen to the arguments in that video and see the evidence, then tell me how you are any different different.

Or admit it and say it loud you're a moraless supramacist like Nick Furete, and at least I'd have more respect for you.

But that means he's not a smart person. That, along with the fact he is obviously prone to making poorly-informed decisions would give me serious pause about voting for him. Those are not the qualities of a good leader.