• solidheron@sh.itjust.works
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    So toten Kampf represent 6-25k German troops. I was curious how obscure of a Nazi symbol it is.

    I have a tattoo of my own design on my back and no one ask what it means (I might tell them it’s how life has origins in geochemistry), so I can believe that no one told him. I only know of that symbol because of platner.

    Platner did cover up the tattoo and apologized for it … Which makes his response to rape allegations like an admission to rape to me

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      No. Aside from being in the insignia of that particular unit, the totenkopf was in much wider use in the SS, including as their universal cap badge. The SS totenkopf is a common nazi symbol.

    • 🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldOP
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      doesn’t count, he covered it up after national outcry, not because he changed as a person.

      every day in his life since he got it, he chose to keep it. there’s no excuse.

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            Maybe on platner end. Buuuuut platner being a mercenary is pretty bad. Mercenaries are just never been seen as good people. The Geneva convention had to outlaw mercenaries starting wars for gain contracts

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              Several reports from people who knew him where he bragged about the tattoo and called it “his Totenkopf”.

              Seriously, why are you bending over backwards for this guy? Every sign points to him being a piece of shit.

            • 🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldOP
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              Also on every single person who supported him.

              They tolerated his nazi tattoos and his merc career. And based on the conversations I had with them, they still tolerate that, and at best they draw the line at raping a white woman.

              It is painfully sad that blue liberals only care if the Nazis are on the other team. And yes, they are liberals and not leftists. because a lefty would punch a nazi not vote for him