I hear what you're saying, but if I read a candidate had 'Former wehrmacht veteran' in his bio and he was pushing that angle, then literally the only context acceptable in that regard is that he means he's a veteran of hunting down wehrmacht members, otherwise he's guilty himself of staining himself by his work history; like, we're not the ones pushing the 'FORMER WEHRMACHT' label in people's faces, the former wehrmacht member is doing it himself.

EDIT: Actually you know what, this is probably more apropos than I first thought; he IS definitely a progressive but like....more nationalist progressive; A Nazpro if you will.

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

"How do you do, fellow socialists" said the national socialist

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

That’s what I was getting at with the “rub the wrong way” comment. It’s always a problem with American social democrats, they’ll be fine on domestic issues, centering the working class, but then that goes away the moment the issue crosses the border.