Feel this is a good accompanying piece for all the folk insisting on caping for a Blackwater merc wth a nazi tattoo because he said something they liked.

  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipOP
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    22 hours ago

    No, people very much do point out hegseth is a nazi. It is just the rationale behind his evil acts.

    In the case of platner? We very much do point out his history of homophobic comments (at least as recent as 2020) and that he is a fucking Blackwater merc. It is just that he isn’t in power to enact a nazi ideology so we instead focus on “Yo dog, muhfugger is a nazi and we have seen how poorly that ends”

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      21 hours ago

      I don’t think people do talk about Hogsbreath being a Nazi, but it’s because he’s MAGA so it’s more or less assumed. Why argue about if he’s a Nazi when not many will disagree? Leads to attacking on policy, which is honestly kinda convenient for him, and I am starting to dislike that we don’t directly attack him for his tattoos even as I am typing this.

      With Platner, he was already really borderline for a lot of people (background, specifically multiple tours then willingly signing up with Blackwater), so the tattoo is really just a final nail in his self created coffin.

      Do I think he’s an actual Nazi? Eh, probably not. But I also think maybe we shouldn’t be voting in people who are “eh, probably not” Nazis. The election is also like a fucking year away, not like we’re rushing last minute.