Trump administration insiders are furious over reporting that the U.S. Coast Guard, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, will no longer classify the swastika as a symbol of "hate."According to the Washington Post, the branch of military service has decided that swastikas and nooses ...
  • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    25·
    8 hours ago

    I know its a drama we’re past by now but I can’t help but think about the people who defended Platner with the line “the military would have stopped him if it was really a Nazi tattoo.” Because most of us knew that in fact they would not, and now they have put it in writing.

    • bthest@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      3 hours ago

      Platner said that the marines actually rejected his reenlistment for having death’s head forearm tattoos (even though he says got it while in the marines and that it was a common tattoo for marines to have) so he had to join the army out desperation. He really was determined to go back over there and kill more brown people.

      Although reading it now it seems the marines rejected him for having visible tattoos on his arm.

      • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 hours ago

        Can you give a source on that or a general direction on where to look? I’ve heard about the tattoo and looked into it during the initial controversy and did not find that information at the time.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        6 hours ago

        But I thought he didn’t know what it was? So he thought they rejected his reenlistement because of a regular skull tattoo?

        Sketchy af

        • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          3 hours ago

          He was in the Marines, they aren’t known for being particularly bright outside of maybe the specialists, NCOs, and COs. They ain’t called America’s greatest crayon eaters for nothing, but hey since the 80s or so theyve diversified their eating habits with MRE wrappers and chemical heaters.

          I grew up round Vietnam era army mud boots, I will take any opportunity to bash the Marines.