It’s a small skeleton in the closet.
The skeleton
He just released a picture of covering up that tattoo, but you can also see a “1919” tattoo on his right arm lmao.
What’s 1919 mean?
88 stands for HH, 1919 stands for SS.
given the totenkopf tattoo and his personal history, probably SS
I hate that this shit is so pervasive it’s infected my timeline but that one does seem to be a legitimate non-Nazi tattoo for the Trail Forest Crew of the Appalachian Mountain Crew (has the full logo etc).
But he’s absolutely a hired killer from a genocidal war who doesn’t seem very contrite and who at a minimum didn’t see anything problematic about having a prominent fucking Nazi tattoo years after his so called realisation as a socialist. I don’t know or give a shit what’s in his heart, but those actions alone are reason enough no leftist should take him seriously, never mind try and put him in a position of power.
The year 1919
The year Hitler joined the DAP?
Edit: I saw another comment saying it means SS
Sure why not
…and it’s not even the smallest one
I’m sorry, everyone, but I think I lathed this. Since the Ukraine War began I’ve been joking that liberals would excuse Nazi tattoos by saying “Just because he has a swastika on his chest doesn’t mean we know what’s in his heart.” I didn’t expect the boomerang to hit Maine so soon.
Well, it is the closest state to Ukraine
Got me wondering if one of those islands in Alaska is closer but I think it’s still Maine
Wow I spend almost every day of my life staring at maps for hours and was still shocked. From what I can figure, Maine is still closer, but only just barely. I did not expect it to be that close of a competition at all
Alaska is massive, there are islands south of Russia that are in Alaska. Also yeah I didn’t realize how close it was, but I always forget the earth isn’t flat
I wish I had the freedom in life to see all of the Aleutians. Genuinely so fucking beautiful. In fact, I’m probably going to make a post about them today
Its over his heart lol
Aw damn, my original post phrased it better. @InevitableSwing@hexbear.net gets credit for the lathe, too.
Holy shit. I forgot I wrote that. Heh. I guess the only question now - does the op-ed come out this week or next week?
I’m finding it fairly strange how so many liberals have been rallying the wagons around Mr. Blackwater Backwater hard-core like but going
over commie Mamdani taking his wife to dinner. Like is it a racism thing or is oysterfucker a poison pill or what
Libs "How dare commie mamdani takes his wife to a nice dinner and not a food truck?? "Libs: “He is just a 41 year old boy, he didnt know he got 2 nazi tattoos”
Liberals hate socialists more than they hate fascists.
Do they even hate fascist at all?
They find fascists uncouth.
If in doubt, it’s a racism thing. Especially when Muslims are the target
My conspiracy theory is that Platner is a Democratic Party plant meant to divide and delegitimize the center-left, so they’re boosting messages that support him to keep the struggle session alive
Occum’s Razor tells me this guy is controversial, so he generates clicks and lots of “content”, so of course media companies are pushing stories about him onto our feeds to keep those sweet ad dollars coming in.
The way way to “win” is to stop paying attention.
a monster energy drink logo tattoo is regrettable.
a nazi tattoo is beyond regret, and to not have it removed once one “comes to jesus” in their politics is not worth entertaining as real.
Most tattoo shops will help cover up hate and gang tattoos for free or the cost of ink, it’s literally just a matter of finding the time to schedule an appointment with an artist who is willing to help you.
a monster energy drink logo tattoo is regrettable.
First off, how dare you.
Wait, that big stylish M doesn’t stand for Marxist?
I don’t follow people closely but I thought Krystal Ball was anti genocide, and Ryan Grim cofounded Drop Site and does very good journalism.
I’m astonished to see both of them defending some war criminal with Nazi tattoos.
Idk anything about the guy really, all I heard was “proud veteran” and he was already cancelled in my mind. The only way I’ll consider allying with an AmeriKKKan veteran is if they’re ashamed of it, apologetic, guilt-ridden, consider joining up a mistake, are committed to trying to atone for their mistake, and say “death 2 AmeriKKKa” every night before they go to bed. Anyone who’s proud of being an American soldier is a Nazi in my book.
This continues to break my brain. So many are shockingly okay with it or his reasons for still having it.
America has a deep cultural brainworm about how serving your country is inherently honorable regardless of what your country is actually doing (because such a belief benefits the bourgeois and makes it easier to rehabilitate the Wehrmacht)
:this:
The Scout Snipers using these SS symbols and other nazi shit are (with the most charitable interpretation) praising the military prowess of a failed fascist state that famously lost a huge war. This is their ‘look how badass we are’ symbolism.
IMO part of it is the people who would speak out about this are cowed into silence due to how hard right-wingers (both parties) go after people who disagree with them. There’s so many people who will try to have you fired or worse for sharing a lukewarm take on Charlie Kirk (rest in piss), they send death threats in the 100s to even the most long-shot Democrats in rural districts, etc. Stochastic terrorism is real and the right uses it every day. More people need to speak up about this because it must be overcome to gain any ground in burgerland.
Or as this user shows, simply too dumb to know or happy to lie about it
https://lemmy.world/comment/20105056
And yet, I’ve never noticed it. I thought it was only the bird symbol on the hat. I’ve never looked into their uniforms with any meaningful inspection. I had to google the hat because I doubted you were right, but you are. So I just learned something else.
Like I implied earlier, people can exist for decades without knowing something. Just because it is common to you, doesn’t mean it is common to everyone.
Anyone getting a relative level of fame and coverage either has always been or will become a compromised state asset.
Sure, maybe there are some exceptions - but exceptions prove the rule.
Revolution won’t be televised, etc.
Literally opening the door for a fucking fascist to come in because he blows smoke up your ass about being opposed to one specific genocide, while repping a tat that explicitly supports other genocides. These fucking people get taken for ride after ride than budge an inch left.
they aren’t being genuine ofc. they’re manufacturing consent for fascism.
you know that too but it’s worth making clear methinks
You think Ryan Grim is manufacturing consent for fascism?
I think he might be the type of vague “anti-imperialist” who has otherwise dogshit opinions on things and isn’t worth engaging with outside of his actual work which is generally very good.
I’ve kinda been getting that vibe from him for some reason, can’t really pin down why exactly, but it’s there.
Grim portents
I think the fascism machine in the US is in full-swing and it’s that kind of collapse that’s inevitable because it sucks in the people who think they’re resisting it too like in post-1918 Germany.
I’m sorry. I must have missed when the Dems tried being purity-testing and exclusionary.
When was that?
when they ratfucked the mildest socdem
Maybe when they all finally agreed that Joe Biden had dementia.
This is their takeaway from 2020, an election known for it’s highest ever voter turnout: go woke go broke
This is the end result of 3+ years of western media “accidentally” putting swastika covered azov Nazis on the front of every story out of Ukraine.
they tried it the other way
Famously there are two options, Nazi mercenaries or my grandma on her time off between hip replacement surgery and physical therapy sessions
Jesus Christ even the “good” stuff he’s running on is just mild socdem shit, how is defending this guy worth anyone’s time
people are desperate for a crumb of socdem shit is why. fuck this guy lol he should’ve died on one of those adventures.
Hate when I have to tell Ryan Grim that he’s wrong on this matter.
BOTH CANDIDATES ARE BAD, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS!
We don’t have to pick between two bad choices. There’s a fucking YEAR before the election, we need a different option.
Amerikkka is such a fucking shit hole that even our “socialists” are fascists 💀
American Communist Party moments.
How the fuck can anyone trust this guy? People who are impressed by ex-military assholes are fucking rubes.
ITS A FUCKING TOTENKOPF FUCK THIS COUNTRY
THATS LITERALLY SUPPORTING A GENOCIDE
AAAAAAAAAAA
Election is six months away and I hear there’s a left lane in a potential 4 way race. That was plenty of time in NYC for Zohran with a far more entrenched political establishment
I know this news is all pretty new, but left orgs in Maine need to capitalize on a prime opportunity to show that they can take the left lane away from a guy with Nazi tattoos, even if they don’t actually win the election
There’s no left group up here that could meaningfully contest the Senate primary. Maybe the DSA chapter could but they’re super cagey about candidates after they tried the same thing in 2020 and it didn’t amount to much. Last I heard they were discussing endorsing Platner but I have to imagine that’s been tabled.
Yeah I’d hope that has been tabled. I wonder how much this will genuinely impact his candidacy all things considered
Unfortunate though. I get the being afraid of failure, but I feel like each failure is more of a radicalization event than a setback
