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marble falls

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28. If we only knew about all those with tatoos borne of youthful indiscretion. That stupid tatoo is not enough to ...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:45 PM

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... disqualify him for me.

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Maine Senate candidate Platner says tattoo recognized as Nazi symbol has been covered [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 22 OP

Can they do that for his brain too? EYESORE 9001 Oct 22 #1

There's no evidence that he "proudly wore" it. Seems legit that he only recently made the connection. TheRickles Oct 22 #3

well there WAS the bit about him slagging accounts stopdiggin Oct 22 #5

Macho/bro/jock, but not Nazi. TheRickles Oct 22 #9

that's a bit of a Venn diagram thing .. ? stopdiggin Oct 22 #19

Really? MarineCombatEngineer Oct 22 #13

I think that it is believable that he didn't know of the association with Nazis. A swastika be different. everyonematters Oct 22 #2

except that this guy is a self describe 'history buff' - with special interest in WWII stopdiggin Oct 22 #4

Sounds like he made a mistake. He's a populist Democrat, not a Nazi IronLionZion Oct 22 #6

Then why the fuck is he so worried about if black people fucking tip or not? SoFlaBro Oct 23 #23

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admits using 'indefensible' antigay slurs in unearthed Reddit posts MichMan Oct 23 #34

I'd have to be very drunk to get a skull&crossbones tattoo (or any other tattoo), but ... JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 22 #7

That's how I ended up with a skull and crossbones tattoo on my left shoulder, MarineCombatEngineer Oct 22 #14

it didn't look anything like a skull and crossbones. It looked like the SS Death's Head that you'd see in any Nazi movie thebigidea Oct 22 #20

What movie is that? tblue37 Oct 23 #32

20 years later? mcar Oct 22 #8

Uh huh. Blasphemer Oct 22 #10

I'm usually with Bernie, like 99% of the time. Intractable Oct 22 #11

Same here. Irish_Dem Oct 23 #27

I'm glad he got it covered berniesandersmittens Oct 22 #12

I know we're desperate to win. rogue emissary Oct 22 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Mz Pip Oct 22 #16

So, a skull. 70sEraVet Oct 22 #17

MaddowBlog-Maine's Graham Platner faces difficult questions about his record -- and a tattoo LetMyPeopleVote Oct 22 #18

It didn't end well for the "I'm Not A Witch" Candidate OrwellwasRight Oct 23 #25

Why can't we do better? herding cats Oct 22 #21

We do not need any more stealth Nazis Miguelito Loveless Oct 23 #22

"...unaware until recently that the image has been associated with Nazi police." ?!? EX500rider Oct 23 #24

Too late, you get the happy Nazi ending anyways Blue Owl Oct 23 #26

If we only knew about all those with tatoos borne of youthful indiscretion. That stupid tatoo is not enough to ... marble falls Oct 23 #28

It's a fucking nazi tattoo. Basso8vb Oct 23 #30

It's a tatto that is buried under another tatoo. Were you in the service, 'cause I can tell you about a lot regretted .. marble falls Oct 23 #33

Fetterman 2.0 Basso8vb Oct 23 #29

He stood up and he did the right thing. Let it go tirebiter Oct 23 #31

My first tattoo, back in the 80's, Americanme Oct 23 #35

Seems pretty flaky to me Mysterian Oct 23 #36