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Just as a context for people like myself that want to get their own look onto the tattoo situation. I cant find any less blurry pictures, but the shape matches quite well. He already got it covered up now, so no way to check.
This is an Nazi SS Totenkopf badge:
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This is the tattoo:
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The resemblance could be coincidence, maybe the artist who drew the flash knew what it was, but if you walk into a tattoo shop and want a skull and cross bones you could pick this off the wall.
I didn't know about the totenkopf until this news broke. If I'd seen that before I'd have thought it was just another death's head or pirate's Jolly Roger.
*A socialist work place and hating cops might align with a pirate's ideals.
I also didn't know about the Nazi connection, it looks like something a biker would have, which should have been a red flag to the imagery I guess, but it looks like a kind of standard skull to me otherwise.
I have a raised eyebrow on Platner. He seems genuine. A couple of odd details admittedly. But unless he's some kind of psyop candidate, he seems fine enough. I do wish his cover up for a Nazi symbol was much further away from the accusation than Celtic symbols.
Yeah that's a totenkopf. Fuckin nazi
Here's his new one. From here.
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If that's actually him, then good for him for covering it up. I'm still not sure if I believe he never knew until now, but at least he's willing to put in the effort to change himself, quite literally.
Oh! Since I saw the vanity fair article, I found this one where you can see his face, too
The Platner thing is interesting, I wanted him to succeed, I liked what he was saying but the totenkopf is too far.
His messaging was generally good. Mostly appeals to emotion but what little policy he had generally sounded like a step in the right direction.
But he also has no political background whatsoever and little to no activism/charitable footprint. All he ever was was "what he was saying" and... Fetterman got elected on a progressive platform and trump STILL talks about draining the swamp and stopping the Washington elites.
Nobody is saying we should only elect establishment politicians. But actually having a track record goes a long way whether that is in lower office or just a long, documented, history of activism.
Also, Smith-Rodriguez pulled out late last week (?) and is also a military veteran (no Blackwater tour though...) who had a VERY demsoc platform with actual plans and details. But she is a she and was driven out and, last I saw, endorsed Mills (?) because she was a victim of sexual assault during her time in the military and can't support someone like platner (even before totenkampf-gate...).
Because... it fucking sucks when the person you Believed in sucks. But that is why you pay attention and learn and adjust.
I am far more concerned with the people who have pride in their stupid decisions and don't own up to it and make changes.
The problem with those people, is you never learn about the secrets they are hiding. I mean, do you know the alternatives in that race? Are you better with a Trump sycophant? We will never get some superman ideal candidate, and people who are assuming that this thing makes him a nazi are incredibly ignorant about what it means to serve and how service people interact with the world. I just can't get worked up over it unless he had some fascist history to go along with it.
I mean... why? It could've been a swastika and it would mean nothing if he wasn't a Nazi, which we have no reason to believe it is given his Reddit history. Hell, morally there was no obligation for him to cover the tattoo after knowing what it was, because symbols don't have moral value.