I'm willing to believe that he's not a nazi, but only if they submit that he is consequently a huge fucking dipshit, something I consider equally unqualifying for holding public office.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

i believe he is a nazi (cause he is a warcriminal), but he didn't know what tattoo meant (cause he is a dum-dum).

i also don't understand why on earth are socdems attaching to him in remora-like fashion, why would you want your voice of opposition to entity be nazi tattoo-ed blackwater mercenary. even if he wins, it wouldn't be good

(also among 40 replies only 1 mentions his military warcriminality, and these are the people self-selecting as reading ben burger, the voice of fedcobin)

[–] bestmiaou@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i also don’t understand why on earth are socdems attaching to him in remora-like fashion

it's very simple: socdems consider fascism to be more acceptable than any revolutionary socialist movement. it's a natural conclusion once you start thinking that if you reform capitalism slowly enough, the capitalists won't realize what's going on and you'll be able to sneak socialism in, despite overwhelming evidence that this is not the case.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

no, but i mean in real sense, they are always thrown out (see aocia staffers, bernie campaigners) for the dem bureaucrats, it's not even jobs program, it's just pining your hopes on something rising and thinking "this is me, i'm doing it" instead of building/sabotaging stuff in the real world.

[–] bestmiaou@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago

The bourgeoisie needs hirelings who enjoy the trust of a section of the working class, whitewash and prettify the bourgeoisie with talk about the reformist path being possible, throw dust in the eyes of the people by such talk, and divert the people from revolution by giving glowing descriptions of the charms and possibilities of the reformist path.

Vladimir Lenin, The Tasks of The Third International, 1919

same as it ever was. we have to take the failures and shortcomings of these reforms to push people towards a more revolutionary perspective.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Even if we believe he didn't actually know what his Totenkopf tattoo was in 2007 and nobody told him - it's a 100% certainty that in 2009 he did know. He couldn't reup in the Marines because of it.

Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie, finally. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He knew - and he left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/

https://bsky.app/profile/capitolhunters.bsky.social/post/3mgfjffz7os2a

Google docs info

[–] goferking0 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Weird how he also uses his long time in the military as a reason it couldn't have been a nazi symbol

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I really wish the tattoo was a swastika. He would have been toast. Instead he might successfully lie all the way to the senate.