• Cruxifux@feddit.nl
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    4 days ago

    How do these people not understand why having a giant Nazi tattoo and having worked for fucking blackwater make us wary of the guy actually having progressive views?

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      The only Nazi symbolism I’m aware of is the swastika. I had no idea about the skull and bones and I think most people don’t either.

      As far as I know, you don’t get to choose your missions in the military.

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        The totemkamf is popular enough that someone would have mentioned it to him I’d think. Also it’s not his service that worries me, it’s his work with blackwater. Which you absolutely do get to choose to do or not.

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      He also doesn’t apologize for killing brown people. He literally wants to make the military more efficient and his only regret is wasted taxpayer dollars from the inefficiencies.

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      It seems like it’s just sunk cost fallacy for a lot of his supporters. Which is kind of weird tbh, as you really can’t have sunk that much into him at this point in his political career. That and a mix of dunning-kruger with the whole ‘well i didn’t know that the symbol the nazis used on their uniform was nazi, so why should he?’ Personally, I was already out on the guy before this nazi tattoo bullshit, so it’s pretty easy to look past his words to see his actions.

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        I have a shitload of tattooes. I’m covered from my neck down. And I’m going to tell you right now, it’s REALLY HARD to ACCIDENTIALLY get a giant Nazi tattoo. The artists know what it means and will absolutely tell you and most artists won’t even do it, and I find it even harder to believe that a MARINE and ALL HIS MARINE BUDDIES wouldn’t know what it means. And then to try and shrug it off like it’s not a big deal after? ITS A GIANT NAZI TATTOO. ONLY HARDCORE RACIST PRISON NEONAZIS GET THOSE MAN.

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          Agree completely. Apparently he has now gotten it covered up with a new tattoo he is showing off, and get this- it’s appears to be a nordic tattoo of Fenrir. You know, the thing that neo-nazis use to hide their blatant ties to this shit. I just can’t believe how on the nose this guy is being with the dogwhistle and how many people are just going along with it.

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      Realistically, he needs to be vetted the fuck and back to see if his claims about the ink are genuine or if he has other ties to Nazis.

      I’m not in Maine so obviously can’t vote for/against him, but yeah I’d be extremely wary too.