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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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[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Smear campaign? I don't see anyone denying that he has a Nazi tattoo. This doesn't seem like the same sort of thing as the baseless accusations of antisemitism against Mamdani or the "Bernie Bros" and "Obama Boys" nonsense.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

He addresses the tattoo directly on pod save America and how he got it. It was something him and a bunch of other soldiers got together in the military 20 years ago. He also finds it funny that these smears accuse him of being a Nazi and a communist at the same time.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Ohhh ok he got the Nazi tattoo with other soldiers together in the military, so that makes it ok guys.

Remember John Fetterman? He seemed pretty progressive, right until he got elected.

The guy is a marine who served several tours in places we never should have been in the first place, with a Nazi tattoo on his chest. I think I'll believe that over some bullshit faux leftist lip service he might pay in order to get elected.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Fetterman actually wasn't progressive at all even before he was elected.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

And maybe neither is this guy

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

I dunno, if he's a secret fascist he's been playing the really long game.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world -3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty thin sauce given the pic I've seen. And I don't give a rat's ass how he was as a young man.

Watch this and tell me you can't cheer for him.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 0 points 13 hours ago

So even if he was more Nazi when he was younger, you don't think he could have changed since then?