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He claims he didn't know it was a Nazi symbol until now when this came out, he just picked it off the available stock designs at a tattoo shop in Croatia when he was deployed. Which, yeah, it's really sus especially if he doesn't get it removed or covered ASAP. But I can also easily see it happening. People in the USA generally don't know Nazi symbology unless they are fascist or trying to learn about fascist symbology to be anti-fascist. I doubt like 99% of people in this country know of a single Nazi symbol other than the swastika, and maybe the lightning bolts.
His old reddit posts gave me some hope but this,
"I have been walking around with fascist insignia tattooed on my body for years without knowing" isn't really any better than consciously getting it.
I'd rather listen to a fascist actually state their beliefs then listen to another round of "I'm just a smol bean international mercenary working for blackwater who doesn't actually believe in the things I got permanently marked on my body"
Nevermind consider this a deleted comment. The comment I wrote here was bad.
My assumption is they're already fascists i would just prefer they be honest about their beliefs rather then go around asking for treats because they say theyre totally on our side.
At least then maybe the liberals would stop scolding people for pointing out the guy with a totenkopf tattoo might not be operating with everyone's best interests in mind.
Ignorance is far easier to fix than hate, so to me it's better. I'd rather deal with somebody who was ignorant than somebody who has all the information and chooses to be a Nazi.
the problem here is you are valuing what's easier for you over what the objective truth is.
your succ side just took the biggest L of the decade, i'd zip it before mocking principled communists
My what side?
succs. chauvinists. social fascists. social democrats. reformists. etc.
I'm not any of those things. Either engage in good faith or disengage.
Sorry I'm actually an idiot is certainly one of the defenses of all times
I'm supposed to believe that this guy who larped as a revolutionary has both never seen the Totenkopf, but also never showed it off to anyone and never got approached to talk about it?
If he said this was done in his sleep by fellow mercs after they found his reddit history posts and he somehow couldn't afford to pay for the removal, that would have been more believable.
I doubt I would've know what it is before joining Hexbear if I hadn't looked for information on Nazi symbols.
you're falling for it again
Not beating Ustaše allegations.
Ya i guess my 'challenge' to him now is "ok so now that you know it's nazi symbology, will you get it covered or removed?"
It would be really damning if he's not already making plans to do it of his own accord.
yeah that would be damning.
He probably thought it was a pirate thing. I don't believe he's a secret Nazi with no racist posts on