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It should have come out after he dropped out of the race for having a literal racist antisemitic tattoo on him he definitely knew was a Nazi symbol sometime in the last 18 years. He has killed and he has raped people. Rape is serious but so is murder. He’s a literal murderer, and he bragged about it years later.
That's kinda hindsight being 20:20 about the tattoo. Like, a tattoo is a warning sign, but it isn't necessarily indicative of beliefs. I've seen the tattoo, and, like, I'm not gonna know it's a Nazi tattoo, so I can forgive it. Go ahead and claim that's the number one indicator if you want, but I think most people are gonna give wiggle room for redemption there.
Being a mercenary is a much bigger warning sign. I think pointing to that is a much better idea. That sort of shows lack of remorse and indicates a lot of bad decision-making on Platner's part. Go all in on that! That's hard to reconcile.
Being a murderer is--and bare with me for a second--not a big deal for most people. A lot of kids join the military because they were brainwashed and thought they were doing a good thing. Some realize their place in it and try to repent for their actions. If someone was murdered or did a war crime, there are pretty extenuating circumstances where I can see those being forgivable. There are reasons for murder that people let slide, like self defense. And I get drawing a line there. Truly, I do. But America grows its war criminals at home on purpose. I can see why people would let that slide.
But... There just aren't any reasons where rape is justifiable. You can't rape someone in self defense. You won't be forgiven for being brainwashed into raping someone. It IS a step too far in most people's eyes, and not only did he rape someone, he did not acknowledge it, he did not apologize, and he definitely fucking knew about it.
That's my two cents about it. I think the mercenary background is really where the big warning sign is, because the kinds of people that become mercenaries are the kind that do not regret being a soldier and have an attitude of "boys will be boys".
I agree.
Rest of your take is weird. There’s no reason to compare the two especially because the man has done both. I don’t know why you would try to reduce a literal murder down to “well it’s not as bad as rape”. If you’ve killed somebody, I never want you near me. Plain and simple. I don’t care why, you’ve ended someone’s life. You’re a dangerous person to be around. Using that to say murdering foreign children is better is fucking gross dude. Delete this weird ass shit