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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 (www.notus.org)

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[–] DaMummy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (11 children)

I also wanted to buy an Iron Cross necklace, but my mother wouldn't let me. I didn't know what it meant... Cause I was like 10 at the time. How old was he to not know what a Totenkopf is?

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 54 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I literally just learned what it is. I would have thought it was random pirate or metal shit

[–] DaMummy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (6 children)

OK, then look at it this way. Would you have gotten a tattoo on your chest of something you didn't know the meaning of?

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 12 points 2 days ago

No, but I've known people that have

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