Wild how people react when
- the nazi symbol tattooed on chest was revealed
- people see you defending military doing terrible things in the middle east
- defending military having nazi symbol tattoos
- claim to be progressive but still want to send more money to military industrial complex
The only way I’d accept Platner’s Nazi tattoo is if he came out full force condemning the culture of fascism/nazism that is rampant throughout the US military. If he recognized and called out the various Nazi groups within the military, as a veteran, there might be a worthwhile discussion to be had. But he doesn’t. He’s still proud of his “service”. If he is truly repentant and has changed his ways, he needs to kill the America (and the idea of the American armed forces) that exists purely within his mind. He wasn’t in Iraq and Afghanistan “protecting our freedoms”, he was murdering brown people for cash and furthering the imperialist cause
if he is truly repentant then he needs to go to Iraq and turn himself in to face justice for his crimes
the idea that the people who benefited from a crime can dole out forgiveness for it is absurdAnd there is my western chauvinism showing. Absolutely, he should face justice for his crimes first and foremost as all members of the American and allied forces should
People weren’t lying when they said this is Fetterman all over again.
What about the lives you helped destroy during your military career that you’re still proud of, motherfucker?
Of course, the social fascists who yearn for the New Deal era (for whites only) would defend this guy tooth and nail.
I honestly think there is a very big void open in the west for the types with significant combat and military training, but literally zero space for someone who doesn’t even acknowledge his piece of shit actions or show remorse.
People like Ryan Grim thinking the latter is what we need is truly dumb as fuck
Already pivoting to “the Left drove me to do this” while having been a proud fascist murderer before (and before even actually running for the seat) is somewhat new
Bro was like meh we might kill a million muslims no biggie we’re the best and half of the “left” party in the US is like what’s the big deal!?!
Edit: millions
“We had to burn the village to the ground in order to save it.”
if we didn’t cleanse it those damn commies could have taken over
Wait that may be excuse from wrong decade
Ok Private Hustle, Blackwater Inc.
critical support to the hallucinatory democrats for destroying this yankkkee supremacist war criminal’s life
the democratic party fuckers are the ones supporting him lmao
no obviously they’re the ones doing the hit job, same with anyone who is critical of him
https://lemmy.ml/comment/21912937
Which I guess is partially right since half of the dnc would hate any challenger to their ancient governor candidate
saying some dude on lemmy “has a hard on for repeating establishment talking points” doesn’t change the shit I have literally seen those same figures within the party doing, which has been to avert their eyes over the tattoo shit and fuckin’ support him
don’t bother arguing if you’re just gonna tell me not to believe my lying eyes lmao
It’s hilarious how many times that’s the only argument they have. And extremely sad how often it works
nvm no i didn’t brain confuse
Our brains love to do that and I can be terrible at making it too sarcastic
there’s factions in the dnc, it’s not a reason for anybody to support a nazi.
They’re destroying his life by encouraging him to run for senate.
it’s the bernard stay behind network, as another user put it
Iraqi citizen says Blackwater mercenaries ‘trying to destroy my life’
maybe think of that before you run for something with this kind of exposure in our shitty sham bourgeois “democratic” system
Really looking forward to a guy with an SS tattoo doing the “why I left the left” routine.
Are the democrats in the room with you right now?
You and me both buddy
I wish they would destroy him
Sick of this white guy
“ISTG if I had to get rid of my badass nazi tattoo for nothing…”
I mean I’m still not sure it was an actual new one or just a temporary one to cover it for now until he gets a real one.
But on other hand he could have gotten a much better one to cover it
This is the best thing anyone has said about the Democratic party in at least a year
What, are people signing up to travel from another country to kill him because they aren’t imaginative-enough to come up with a source of income that doesn’t involve becoming a cog in an imperialist war machine?
I think two things are true:
‘1. Graham Platner sucks.
‘2. There’s definitely a campaign waged against him, likely using Palantir or similar services, because of his stance on being (I guess) sort of against Israel and generally not conforming to the party line.
