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'The Establishment Is Spooked': Poll Shows Platner With Big Lead Over Mills in Maine Democratic Primary
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I was giving him the benefit of the doubt until I actually saw the tattoo on his chest. That isn't some generic skull artwork, that is literally the totenkopf. Even the swastika has more ambiguity than this does. There is no way the dude went that long without knowing what it was and had more than plenty of time to remove the tattoo before making a push for the senate. If he wants to regret the decision and make amends thats great but he gets to start with his local council or some other low level political office and work his way up. Only by doing that can he prove that symbol does not reflect his worldview
I suppose that depends where you are from. In the US almost no average person could tell you what the totenkoph is. Let alone ID it. Everyone could ID a swastika. Though not tell the difference between Sanskrit or Nazi.
I had to look it up to remind myself even. I'm most familiar with it as a piece of iconography the neo folk group Death In June has used several times.
I mean I could not have told you that it was a white nationalist symbol. It just looked like a cartoon skull to me.
So I saw this being put out by a (former) Republican turned Democrat consultant on a podcast yesterday. It smacks of the kind of gatekeeping that has kept establishment Democrats in control of the party but losing elections for decades.
I understand why we can't let perfect be the enemy of good but we're not talking about another Al Franken here. This guy has/had a literal Nazi tattoo and that takes a lot more effort to erase from the sum of actions that equals a person