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Trump’s Pick to Lead U.S. Military Has Tattoos Linked to White Supremacists and Nazis
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The Iron Cross goes all the way back to the state of Prussia. Long before the Nazi's. There are probably so many reason to criticize this guy that will cause productive conversation that can be used to have a better informed voting class. Just screaming racist because of tattoo is just silly and makes no one take you seriously.
I'm sorry what?!
That level of disingenuous knot tying is utterly baffling.
You know damn well that after WW2, all of those symbols ostensibly became inextricably linked with the Nazi party. Its the same reason a Swastika no longer automatically conjures images of Hindu and Buddhist peace.
Pretending that its possible that this idiot is somehow repping his pride of Wilhelm II and the glorious Prussian history is so unbelievably intellectually dishonest that it actually somehow manages to be even worse than being flat out racist.
At least Racists are honest. This...whatever this idiotic attempt at obsfucation was that you just shat into our lives is just pedantry that even racists would mock you for.
Just keep calling everyone Nazi. See how much it helps. Backing people into a corner and forcing this label onto them is only going to make them adapt the label and become the very thing you hate.
76 million people voted for Trump. Calling them names is not going to move the needle. Like what do you expect you call them Nazi and then they beg for forgiveness and then go read a Bernie Sanders book?
I'm not calling everyone a Nazi.
I'm saying the guy with tattoos on his chest of symbols that have been associated with Nazis since the late 1930s is 99.99999% likely to be a Nazi and not a long lost member of Prussian nobility.
Pretending that because there's a .0000001% chance that his tattoos aren't Nazi inspired just because Prussia existed, is purposeful pedantry, which IMO is worse than outright racism.
See, you're not stupid. You're the worst kind of person. Your not smart. But your not stupid. You have just enough trivia in your head that you can muddle any argument with pedantry just enough that stupid people might read it and think... "hmmm....maybe it WAS a Prussia tattoo." even though you know damn well that a .0000001% chance is as good as 0%. It's dishonest, it's immoral, and it takes advantage of people who don't have the critical thinking skills to call out your bullshit. You are worse than racists because at least racists are honest about it.
I just want everyone to focus on real policy issues instead of focusing on some stupid tattoo. This thread has not help inform the people about this guys most likely stupid and dangerous policies.
hahahah fucking spot on, where is this from ??
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I think "Is this guy literally a Nazi" is a pretty important policy question....
It's OK. Some guy with a name like "The4th" says he's not a Nazi. The Fourth what now?
Of July?
They already are the thing I hate. They tattooed symbols of murder and genocide on themselves.
FYI you can call a Nazi a Nazi. It's fine.