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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner says nobody ever told him the large SS-Totenkopf tattoo he's had on his chest for the last 18 years is a Nazi symbol

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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner says nobody ever told him the large SS-Totenkopf tattoo he's had on his chest for the last 18 years is a Nazi symbol

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‘I Am Not a Secret Nazi’: Graham Platner Tattoo Controversy Roils Maine Senate Race
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The oyster farmer said he got the ink while on a drunken trip to Croatia during his time in the U.S. Marines.
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    Today I learned that a Nazi tattoo. Anyone else here know that before this story?

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      Yes, absolutely.

      But why skulls though?

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        Never seen that British show either 🤷 look if he’s an active Nazi then fuck em. But I need a wee bit more evidence

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          As the clip says, it’s on the caps of their uniforms.

          I don’t live in Maine or know much about the guy so I have no input on that, I’m just saying I know it. And tbf my perspective is somewhat skewed as I recognize a lot of symbols for the purposes of threat assessment.

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            Yea, idk it’s a new one to me. I’ll wait to see how that plays out. And now I have a new show to check out 😀

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          See the ® next to his name?

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            It’s a D this time.

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      Seriously? You’re saying everyone who ever sat in a history class doesn’t have these burned into their memory? Wtf?

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        Well considering that was several decades ago and there’s a few handfuls of raglia in that 1 picture, yea, I don’t have those all in instant access.

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