Is this a deliberate deflection from the tattoo? Because we're definitely being lied to about Platner, and it's being done by his campaign when they pretend his tattoo looked "similar to" a Nazi symbol, a Nazi symbol which he had also supposedly never seen over the course of his whole time in the military or for a decade thereafter, just in that one parlor in Cambodia or whatever the story was, where naturally he didn't inquire about the provenance of the design and also none of the -- I assume -- dozens of people who had a chance to see it knew what it was either.

[–] fox@hexbear.net 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention that Platner is familiar with the history of US warfare to being able to name provincial ones he'd like to have fought in. Nobody that knows about Manifest Destiny wars to that extent is ignorant on WW2, and you can't learn about WW2 for more than a few minutes before seeing a Totenkopf because the nazis put it on everything

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

i don't fully recall the context of the question, was ww2 an "american war" for that purpose? did other respondents say ww2?

the only just "american" war is against the united states, other than the civil war and the best outcome there would've been both sides losing somehow.

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago

Croatia and yes that country is like the ukraine of the balkans and so has a very high chance of nazi tattoo artists.