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I'm terminally online and just thought it was a funny looking skull until this article. It's not distinct like it's a hammer and sickle or a laser shooting kiwi. It's a skull and crossbones and there's probably 100 combinations of those and only this one with the Nazi roots.
It doesn't seem like something unreasonable.
It does seem like a well funded smear campaign.
So... back in 2020 he knew it was a totenkopf and had a lineage to the SS but figured it was just funny looking?
Something is definitely getting smeared alright.
The article just said reddit acct talked about ss lightning. Not that skull and bones symbol. Or am I wrong,
You are wrong
https://web.archive.org/web/20190226141422/https:/www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/auy0bi/battleweary_ss/ is one of the threads. He is specifically replying to someone talking about the military's use of skulls and nazi imagery by insisting it is actually a punisher skull.
At BEST you are arguing that he has immensely poor judgment, zero reading comprehension, and suckles on propaganda from the teat without a moment's thoughts. Which is not leadership material.
Mean this skull? That looks nothing like the actual skull in question? And that apparently was being used by military and police?
https://www.inverse.com/article/39633-marvel-netflix-punisher-skull-meaning-cops-soldiers
No, I mean this skull (no idea on the legitimacy of that site but most mainstream outlets apparently don't want a picture of a nazi in his tighty brownies on the front page) https://themainemonitor.org/platner-tattoo-nazi-totenkopf/
Or is the point you are trying to make is that he saw a discussion of people talking about how many people in the military have fucking SS skulls everywhere (including as battalion flags and the like), looked down at his chest, and then insisted on defending a completely unrelated symbol?