The skepticism around Platner isn’t just the libs or the DNC. Leftests I respect are skeptical of him too.
It’s hard not to notice that the people most willing to laugh off a Nazi tattoo are the same kind of people who might not have experience with fascist violence and oppression.
I think it’s weird that so many people who call themselves antifascist are not only blind to his faults but would ridicule anyone not identically credulous.
The Nazi tattoo that he got and then covered up is a tattoo of a skull which many people did get by mistake.
For example: https://old.reddit.com/r/tattooadvice/comments/1bsy4vj/coverup_advice_or_what_the_hell_is_a_totenkopf/
https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/wtyb0e/i_accidentally_got_a_totenkopf_tattoo/
To me that’s still better than Hegseth tattoos that have very specific meanings attached.
He also covered it up, which somebody that’s proud of the ideology enough to tattoo it, would probably not want to do it.
If he is actually sympathizing with Nazi then he is running from the wrong party.
that the people most willing to laugh off a Nazi tattoo
I think “dumb 20-something marine on deployment drunkenly got a badass skull tattoo without knowing what it meant” is just really easy to believe.
Is it possible he really is a Nazi? Sure, but based on his talking points it doesn’t seem very likely.
Is he another Fetterman? Maybe, it’s possible, but probable enough to take the alternative? Probably not.
I think that’s a very fair assessment. And a lot of us feel the sting of the Fetterman betrayal. Unfortunately we beggar leftists can’t be choosers…
Well with that kind of endorsement who could say no?
Americans don’t really have/believe in morals, only convenience, how could they understand what a good man is? How could they pick a good leader? And so they’ll keep getting swindled by those who actually understand American society and use its shortcomings to their advantage.
I think it’s actually the serious anti war leftists who will never get past the fact that he worked PMC in GWoT.
Do you think people can change?
He talks about increasing benefits for people in the military and increasing recruitment. That doesn’t sound like someone who is reflecting on the military in any way that aligns with my ideals.
I’d love to see people talk about reforming the military and ensuring better channels of reporting. He states he personally saw people target civilians, but I don’t see him campaigning about better whistleblower protections. Maybe I missed it because I’m not following it that closely, but he seems to wholly support the military and just be upset about fraud and waste and not about the raping and Geneva convention violations.
Without doing any actions that reflect the change before claiming it? No. If he was part of a leftist org, sure.
Like the socialist rifle association?
No, one that interacts with the community.
Like he was a member of Acadia Action, Maine People’s Alliance, or Voices of Frenchman bay? He stopped a polluting Norwegian fish farm from coming into his community.
Of the 4 you’ve listed, Acadia Action seems to be the only leftist community group, though they don’t have a lot of information about themselves. Happy to be proven wrong about this though.
Who could be ambivalent towards Nazi tattoo mercenary redditor?
The Nazi tattoo in question here being a stylized skull I’ve never seen tattooed on an actual Nazi.
If you look at the Second iteration picture in nazi Germany, its the exact same skull used. Like many things it was coopted by the nazis.
That pic evokes no emotion in me at all, if you had asked me “is this Nazi shit yes or no” I would have said “no”.
People made it sound like a totenkopf over a swastikaka…
The swastika is pretty cut and dry in the west. The double lightning bolts is a little more subtle but I would never doubt you knew the meaning.
This is like laughable.
I find nothing funny about dog whistle white supremacist or Nazi symbols being brushed off because “it doesn’t look like any Nazi symbol I’ve ever seen before”. Yeah, well that’s the point.
All these dudes who can’t find the fucking closet door… That is some gay behavior.
I have. Exactly three months ago.
Genuinely curious, didn’t he say he was going to have it removed?
He had it covered up.
Ah ok I can see if he was genuinely ignorant, and covered it up when finding out, that’s alright I would think
That’s my take, you find out what it is and cover it up, that’s a fair move.
What isn’t cool is all these apologists acting like the totenkopf isn’t an obvious Nazi symbol and it’s indistinguishable from any other skull or pirate flag. It takes 2 seconds to Google and we should all know the most obvious Nazi symbols to protect ourselves and our communities from these animals.
Yeah, just mean a cursory wiki and you can see the two are pretty well identical
