cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/45591628
Security equipment and alarms were installed by the Israeli government at a notorious Manhattan residence frequented by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/45591628
Security equipment and alarms were installed by the Israeli government at a notorious Manhattan residence frequented by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
Not only is the tattoo not just a Totenkopf, but Platner was well aware that it’s a Nazi symbol.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/graham-platner-nazi-tattoo-evidence-kfile-invs
Oh, the horror. Oh, the tragedy.
Thing is, Graham Platner doesn’t ACT like a Nazi. He acts like a man who cares about his community, his state, and his country, which he actually served as a soldier, and during which service he obtained said tattoo.
Our president, on the other hand, IS an actual fucking Nazi – whose own military service, which he called his “own personal Vietnam,” consisted of a bout of syphilis – and who has installed an actual fascist government, and you’re trembling in your Mary Janes over one ex-soldier-turned-fisherman’s ink, lol.
I note you have not a single word to say about Hegseth’s actual Nazi tattoos, (archive link) much less the administration in place that is fascist by definition.
Nope, you’re going against the one guy that actually cares about his neighbors and his state, trotting out squeals of disapproval over a single (very common) tattoo like it’s 1955 and you’re his grandmother afraid he’s going to hell for it, lol.
Let me go cry in terror and moral outrage now because I saw a grown man’s ink, lol. Oh, wait . . . that’s not my position, that’s yours.
Note: Out of many articles available on the far-right associations of Hegseth’s tattoos, I specifically chose Der Spiegel because they know Nazis better than anyone else. It translates easily. Here’s the upshot: “It is unlikely that Pete Hegseth would not be aware of all this: “Crusader symbolism” today primarily represents right-wing radical or even right-wing extremist sentiment.” Have fun.
Fettermam and Sinema didn’t act like conservatives before being elected either.
I hope you are right about Platner, but until then, I’m skeptical of him.
You should be. Platner’s not tested. He could be fantastic, or . . . not.
But as far as Fetterman and Sinema, what you said is true on the national stage, maybe. Fetterman was a mayor and a lieutenant governor before getting his Senate seat, and Sinema was in both her state House and Senate before going to DC, so they were both already very well versed in saying whatever they needed to say to get where they wanted to go. And Fetterman, especially, came to DC with a number of warnings behind him.
What has me hopeful (not certain, just hopeful) for Platner is that unlike those two, this is Platner’s first foray into politics: he really is just an oyster farmer. That, and between Janet Mills and Susan Collins, Platner’s opposition is SO horrendously bad as to be laughable. So even if Platner himself didn’t have my full confidence, the others are making up for that in spades.
But don’t get me wrong, unlike the trolls I’m not trying to change anyone’s vote. I responded to that other guy because watching him gather up his skirts and squeal about a single, now-covered skull-and-bones tat while he ignores all the real Nazis made me laugh. If you’re in Maine, vote your conscience, whatever it is. I wouldn’t presume to change it. But for myself, if I were a Mainer, I’d much rather take a new, not-yet-corrupt candidate over any of the current offerings.
I don’t want to dox myself but it’s actually far, FAR worse in my state: if you knew the name of the corrupt motherfucker who is my senator, you’d be like, “Oh, okay, I see your point, lol.”