dude literally has a nazi tattoo...
this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2025
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Which people are still defending!
Fuck it's one of the emblems of the SS, 2nd to their lightning bolts, and people are excusing it even in this thread.
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He did an interview on Pod Save America where he talks about the tattoo, and I think he did really well answering all the questions.
The tattoo looks like a giant fuckin smudge it could look like damn near anything if you squint. I think people are blowing this out of proportion. Regardless of how he got it, the military let it pass at least twice and they are pretty firm about extremist tattoos from my understanding.
I can understand not figuring out about the potential meaning if you aren't around people that will say something about it, if they even know. I mean, just looking at comments about this situation many people are also just now learning about the totenkopf. And if no one is telling you, who looks at their own tattoos without prompting and thinks, "imma google my own tattoos for shits and giggles".
Plus he got it covered up. His platform still sounds good. He's taking steps to address it. He doesn't seem like he'll be a fetterman. This hurts his run obviously, but I don't think he's the bad guy some people are trying to make him out to be. Not everyone runs around with an encyclopedic knowledge of hate symbols, let alone young soldiers.
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I'd say cautiously optimistic, hadnt seen the tattoo stuff before but doesn't look too bad, on surface reading of articles I could believe he legit didn't realize it looked like a Nazi thing, especially having taken it though army screening.
Honestly if anything some of the reddit posts that were found make me like him more and believe he might be an actual progressive
The fact that there was oppo ready to go on him like that leads me to believe he's a progressive.
The party didn't try to ratfuck fetterman.
EDIT: Just looked into the tattoo thing. Ratfuckery or no, this doesn't look good.
I'm still unsure what his progressive ideas are though.
Really? Why revel in ignorance? His stated positions are right here...
Why revel in ignorance?
Mate you can't use that line literally after saying well I didn't know the skull was a nazi symbol
https://lemmy.world/comment/20103272
And again assuming didn't read it when it's hard to tell how progressive the person who did multiple tours in the middle east is who also doesn't want to cut military spending just not give it to the pmcs, who he also served with.
Mate you can’t use that line literally after saying well I didn’t know the skull was a nazi symbol
I feel like there is a difference in the claims as I was explaining that prior to this issue I didn't know of the symbol, and your claim is about the policy of the person being actively discussed.
But it probably doesn't matter. It appeared to me that you were taking some sort of pride in not knowing. Sorry if I misunderstood.
And again assuming didn’t read it when it’s hard to tell how progressive the person who did multiple tours in the middle east is who also doesn’t want to cut military spending just not give it to the pmcs, who he also served with.
We are kinda strapped for a good choice here. Most of the time it's take a chance on someone that might turn out bad or someone that is already awful. I believe there is a 3rd candidate for Maine, but I need to read more about them before commenting on them as an option. I'm aware Platner isn't a perfect candidate, but I don't think we get that option so my main argument in most of these threads is that he's still a better option than the already rotten incumbent.
The Reddit posts were taken out of context. He was reiterating what another poster had said so he wasn't the one to bring it up initially.
Was he just quoting them or was he advocating for them? I haven't seen the reddit stuff yet. Any links you've read?
After seeing the media blitz about the tattoo I decided to check out his website
https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform
while my platform spans many issues, I view most of my job as a US Senator as to do two things: one, to ban billionaires buying elections; two, to dismantle the “billionaire economy”, in favor of an economy that works for the American worker, for small business, for the vast majority of Americans. I will be a Senator for all those who can’t buy Senators.
Sounds like a legit progressive to me, anti-establishment and populist in the good way. I like his platform and I hope all of this attention does him more good than harm. Hard to be bothered by decades old tattoos when there are congresspeople with actual swastikas in their office.
the problem is no one can really know what his stance is because it's not beneath a person to lie to gain power. seems too risky and an easy way to end up with another Sinema/Fetterman type that blocks votes while claiming to be a Democrat/Progressive. i don't think now is the time to take chances and they need to find a better candidate to run while there still some time, because even if he's telling the truth this will be a non-starter for many voters.
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He was in Blackwater and is a Nazi. And he did not apologize for his war crimes.
How the hell are people falling for this
So he's talked about gassing people in private chats? Has he said he loves Hitler?
Is there evidence of him using race or ethnicity as a bogeyman "other" to persecute and exile people?
Has he advocated for violence or extreme "solutions" to perceived problems in the country?
Frankly, nothing on his platform comes close to what is already happening in plain sight. Platner has stated he's anti-billionaire and that's clear enough a reason why all of this muck is getting raked. If you're going to do their work for them, I hope you're at least getting paid for it.
He was a concentration camp guard at Abu Graib, has a Nazi tattoo and is still advocating for the mass murder of brown people abroad so yes to probably all of the above.
...is still advocating for the mass murder of brown people abroad
Source?
Also, the military vets in my life are some of the most disillusioned people with the establishment, because they've seen the effects of imperialist bullshit up close.
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Between the tattoo and working for mercenaries, I think he is a non-starter.
Edit: apparently there is a second tattoo
It's not a nazi symbol. It's the establishment year of the trail crew. https://x.com/MENewsPhotog/status/1981080937015267530
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Anyone willing to tell AIPAC to go fuck themselves is on my permanent good list. Even better if they can make a menu to use when we eat the rich.
the sentiment is good, but also i think most people with a nazi tattoo would be willing to tell AIPAC to go fuck themselves
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Seems like a pretty easy option to not support the guy who went on 4 tours in the Middle East killing brown people and getting Nazi tattoos. Good luck liberals 🤣
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