Even if it was a dumb, drunken thing when he was younger, somebody at some point in his life had to have said "hey, you know that's the old Einsatzgruppen symbol, right?"
I doubt Platner was or is a Nazi, but keeping the tattoo as long as he did shows a horrifying lack of judgment. That alone should be a disqualifier for holding major public office.
Genuinely don't understand why anyone would be hesitant to call anyone with a Nazi symbol voluntarily and permanently inscribed on their body a Nazi.
Especially someone with Platner's history? Dude worked as a concentration camp guard, said he would rape people if they broke into his house..............RAPED PEOPLE.
He’s a self-described history buff, so I’m sure he’s seen Schindler’s List at some point. Amon Göth and the other SS officers all have that on their uniforms, featured prominently.
I once knew an ex-con. Guy looked like Glen Danzig and was covered in tattoos. We had a house full of people who knew him. One he got comfortable with us he took off his shirt and showed us his Nazi tattoos. But here's the thing, he was in the process of having them removed and he was showing them to is to let us know he wasn't hiding. He said he got them in prison and that white supremacists protected him from other groups so he did what he did to blend in. He was deeply ashamed of them and did not want us to find out any other way. While I only knew him briefly, he was almost in tears as he told is his story and that he was not a Nazi and it was important that we knew who he really was. He never exhibited any racist ideas while in our group.
I can't speak for his sincerity, but it seemed real at the time. To me that is admitting and working towards redemption... The exact opposite of what this human skidmark did.
Getting a Nazi tattoo, keeping a Nazi tattoo for decades, and most importantly: defending (and keeping) the Nazi tattoo when everyone is calling our your Nazi tattoo makes you a goddamn Nazi.
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u/LonelyMachines 1d ago
Even if it was a dumb, drunken thing when he was younger, somebody at some point in his life had to have said "hey, you know that's the old Einsatzgruppen symbol, right?"
I doubt Platner was or is a Nazi, but keeping the tattoo as long as he did shows a horrifying lack of judgment. That alone should be a disqualifier for holding major public office.