The context is that he was posting on a news article about a fake police officer with SS tattoos carrying weapons to intimidate BLM protestors in Las Vegas.

https://archive.ph/EDNKt (this cnn article says his reddit username is p-hustle)

I used samac.io to search his deleted comments.

A few more comments:

        • LeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
          21·
          3 days ago

          In fairness to the banned user, another Hexbear user did call people ultras over this in another thread (I regret the time I have spent reading these threads).

          I understand someone’s posting getting a little unhinged when this website produces a “come on guys maybe the nazi tattoo war criminal didn’t realize it was a nazi tattoo” struggle session. Disgraceful amerikkkanism.

          • CupcakeOfSpice [she/her, fae/faer]@hexbear.netEnglish
            11·
            3 days ago

            To be fair, I didn’t recognize the symbol, but I’m also like a newborn when it comes to ppolitics. If someone told me a tattoo (on me or a friend) was a nazi symbol, I’d be immediately working to get it off my body and making sure my friend did the same (if they wanted to stay my friend, anyway). This guy being told he has a nazi tattoo and saying it’s just what you do in the military is very sus.

            • LeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
              17·
              3 days ago

              To be fair, I didn’t recognize the symbol, but I’m also like a newborn when it comes to ppolitics.

              Yes, to be clear, I’m not accusing people who are simply actually unaware of it of anything. However, it’s an incredibly well-known symbol that the nazis used, maybe right behind the swastika and the SS symbol. Someone who is a politician and has had it tattooed on their body for 20 years could not be unaware of what it means.

              It’s also already been shown through his deleted r*ddit posts defending other people’s SS tattoos that there’s no way he was unaware.

            • falgscode [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
              4·
              2 days ago

              This guy being told he has a nazi tattoo and saying it’s just what you do in the military is very sus.

              These posts in the OP are five years old, so he either:

              • did no introspection on his own tattoos at the time
              • learned he got a totenkopf and didn’t care

              either way, lol. lmao even. DSA’s lack of demcent coming to bite them again for any of their socials ever platforming this unrepentant fash