The thing that is maybe most disheartening to me is that THIS is more damaging than him not regretting signing on for multiple tours of murdering foreigners and then joining Blackwater.

Like the tat is very gross, but the actual signing up to murder people in the third world is so much more vile and harmful.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty much how I feel. I’m all for rehabilitation but like that doesn’t mean giving them leadership roles. And like I mentioned in another thread, any shop would help at least make the hate symbol illegible for the cost of a “tip” that pays for the ink if not free. They might not turn it into something fancy for free. But they will make it so you are no longer marked via an X or blackout or whatever. Bro could have done this shit any afternoon. Like fuck me if I had a Nazi symbol even if it was still a Nazi the first thing I’d do when running for politics is cover it up.

Which leads us to the one saving grace: maybe this is evidence this guy is just that much of a bog-standard Yankee-Doodle dumbass and isn’t actually a Nazi running secretly.

[–] Dimmer06@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The order the oppo research was released in is quite telling about American politics

Day 1: Platner said he's a communist and rural white people are stupid and racist

Day 2: Platner being racist and blaming victims of SA

Day 3: Platner has had a literal nazi tattoo for twenty years

And they haven't even publicized his past comments defending human trophy collecting or his dismissals of PTSD.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And they haven't even publicized his past comments defending human trophy collecting

His what now?

[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

people have been digging on his reddit. he was also at abu ghraib in 2005

Assume all possible content warnings:

also knew about azov battalion in 2019 and admired them but supposedly didn't know what a totenkopf was before getting one tattooed on his body

EDIT: It won't let me post that one for some reason. Must be getting rate limited after posting too many images

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

also knew about azov battalion in 2019 and admired them but supposedly didn't know what a totenkopf was before getting one tattooed on his body

Yeah, he is a blatant op, no doubt.

[–] ronanf@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Galway represent!

[–] Dimmer06@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

CW: Dismissing sexual violence/ victim blaming

This is just one instance but there seems to be many of him defending human trophy collecting in war over his years of posting.