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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner says nobody ever told him the large SS-Totenkopf tattoo he's had on his chest for the last 18 years is a Nazi symbol (www.notus.org)

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[–] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 28 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

He should do a photo op where he gets the skull removed and has a hammer and sickle tattooed there instead.

EDIT: Ok, looks like he went with a Celtic doggie-knot thingie instead.

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 4 points 4 days ago

Amid the frenzy, another Democratic candidate released his own shirtless photo to show off his arm tattoo of former President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign logo.

Reality continues to be stupider than fiction...

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

don't hold your breath; he's already pleaded insincerity about his old reddit comments where he'd called himself a communist.

it might be more like this

screenshot of tweet from Patrick @dramaticirony: "not getting your ss totenkopf tattoo removed before your primary campaign because you might still need it for the general"

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 14 points 6 days ago

I really hate how I can't immediately and unequivocably dismiss this as a joke. Sign of the times, I guess.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

He should do a photo op where he gets the skull removed

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