I mean. My general opposition to anyone that self identifies as a Nazi could be defined as “politically motivated” because you know, he’s a politician.
US Military indoctrinates a young man into a fascist cult.
Man matures, exits the military, shows genuine remorse, joins anti-war groups and becomes an activist in opposition to the US military’s fascist agenda, and then campaigns for high office on these anti-imperialist principles.
The sitting Senator and sitting Governor call him a fascist, while continuing to defend the very military that enlisted and promoted him while he had the tattoo.
Most of these people who are still stuck on the tattoo can’t believe that you aren’t born with the knowledge innately of what Nazi iconography is.
I, as someone from a rural red distruct, can honestly say we did not spend much time on WW2 in school. Nazis were bad, atom bomb was bad, einstein was super smart. That was about it.
We didn’t go over what brain drain is or why it would happen (it’s happening now)
We didn’t go over that during the era of WW2 that segregation was written into and being written into law (Jim Crow), and that the Nazis themselves learned from how we Americans wrote our cruelty into law, sometimes even being abhored at our level of cruelty.
And I haven’t watched many movies. Everyone points to the “are we the baddies” meme, and to someone who is not aware, it could just be a symbol that was used in place of a swastika. I, personally, didn’t know it was a totenkopf, or that word, until this controversy. To someone who doesn’t have that knowledge, it’s the equivalent of a decepticon symbol. Are the people that put that on their cars actually secret cybertronians?
People who are still hanging onto this don’t believe people can change nor do they understand that what might be considered common knowledge online is certainly not known by every person. And most of these people seem to be authoritarian supporters, left, center, and right.
Most of these people promoting the “secret Nazi” idea also didn’t know what a SS totenkopf was before the story broke. It’s an obscure symbol that looks like a lot of common symbols, not a swastika.
On the topic of bad history schooling, I don’t think my high school required history classes even made it to WW2. I feel like we covered the period from the pilgrims to the Civil War year after year though.
The woman who started Ladies for Kavanaugh specifically to descredit Christine Blasey Ford’s rape allegations is going out of her way to say that he knew what the tattoo meant - so he almost certainly did not.
A) The person you are talking about isn’t the only person saying this.
B) She didn’t found shit, but is indeed a Republican. She also provided a text message from before he was even running for office which corroborates her statement.
But you don’t need to just believe what I said because I included a source because ONE OF US is not interested in relying on made up shit.
This dude is better than Collins, but he probably isn’t better than the Democrat that he beat in the primary.
This dude is better than Collins, but he probably isn’t better than the Democrat that he beat in the primary.
Janet Mills is the least popular governor in the country, in no small part because she’s put her personal Zionist agenda ahead of the state’s political and economic needs time and time and time again.
He isn’t unopposed, she suspended her campaign she did not withdraw from the ballot. and her funding got pulled because she was getting shellacked in polls.
Platner is one of four candidates on the primary ballot: Costello, Mills (yes she suspended her campaign but she’s still on the ballot), and the write-in candidate LaFlamme. Surprised you didn’t know that given it’s right there in the link I provided.
Graham Platner himself says he was a piece of shit during this period of his life and struggled with PTSD. He’s owned all of it. If you read his Reddit comments too, he does discuss the tattoo in depth and makes it pretty clear that many in the military get these types of tattoos without regard for the historical context, kind of like how people get “punisher” tattoos that work in law enforcement. A lot of these people are black or brown even, but they do it because it’s just a cultural thing in the military. Not saying it’s a good thing that should continue, but just that it doesn’t strictly identify people as Nazis. Actually, a lot of Platner’s comments on Reddit make it clear that he is pretty left, even identifying as a communist and democratic socialist. So, I think the kind of attacks you’re making are very shallow and we just have to look a little deeper to find the real story. Also, we should ask ourselves if we believe in redemption, especially for someone who struggled with PTSD. Also, recognize that letting Collins win is far worse and this race is about far more than whether this guy made some mistakes in the past. Do we want to see more MAGA republicans on the Supreme Court? Do we want a senator that rubber stamps Trump’s agenda? Do we want a senator that will continue to cut taxes for the rich, or one determined to raise them on billionaires?
I guarantee you had no idea what the ss totenkopf symbol looked like until it became a useful political tool for you. It’s just another skull and crossbones to the vast majority of people.
I was into WWII as a kid so you are barking up the wrong tree.
Honestly, last time I saw him speak I can finally get what people like about him. It is a seductive type of populism along the lines of why can’t we field military types who are anti-corporation.
The thing about the Senate is it is old money. You don’t go there unless old money is backing you. It is an extremely corrupt institution, perhaps the most corrupt of all.
This guy, he is a made man. I saw him in several of his first interviews and watching his handlers feed him lines was gross. I am glad he improved but I am not fooled.
We are all flawed but maybe we can find someone less flawed, historically makes better decisions and doesn’t outright guzzle the military industrial complex. I smell feterman vibes on him.
I am hoping that people start paying better attention to their local politics so that we can end up with fewer cases where we have one fascist running against another fascist because both parties are funded by the same corporate donors what have an interest in making sure the government remains captured by their interests.
I mean. My general opposition to anyone that self identifies as a Nazi could be defined as “politically motivated” because you know, he’s a politician.
Graham Platner does not self-identify as a Nazi.
Do you know why people get nazi tattoos?
US Military indoctrinates a young man into a fascist cult.
Man matures, exits the military, shows genuine remorse, joins anti-war groups and becomes an activist in opposition to the US military’s fascist agenda, and then campaigns for high office on these anti-imperialist principles.
The sitting Senator and sitting Governor call him a fascist, while continuing to defend the very military that enlisted and promoted him while he had the tattoo.
Really makes you think.
Most of these people who are still stuck on the tattoo can’t believe that you aren’t born with the knowledge innately of what Nazi iconography is.
I, as someone from a rural red distruct, can honestly say we did not spend much time on WW2 in school. Nazis were bad, atom bomb was bad, einstein was super smart. That was about it.
We didn’t go over what brain drain is or why it would happen (it’s happening now)
We didn’t go over that during the era of WW2 that segregation was written into and being written into law (Jim Crow), and that the Nazis themselves learned from how we Americans wrote our cruelty into law, sometimes even being abhored at our level of cruelty.
And I haven’t watched many movies. Everyone points to the “are we the baddies” meme, and to someone who is not aware, it could just be a symbol that was used in place of a swastika. I, personally, didn’t know it was a totenkopf, or that word, until this controversy. To someone who doesn’t have that knowledge, it’s the equivalent of a decepticon symbol. Are the people that put that on their cars actually secret cybertronians?
People who are still hanging onto this don’t believe people can change nor do they understand that what might be considered common knowledge online is certainly not known by every person. And most of these people seem to be authoritarian supporters, left, center, and right.
Most of these people promoting the “secret Nazi” idea also didn’t know what a SS totenkopf was before the story broke. It’s an obscure symbol that looks like a lot of common symbols, not a swastika.
On the topic of bad history schooling, I don’t think my high school required history classes even made it to WW2. I feel like we covered the period from the pilgrims to the Civil War year after year though.
I mean, the joke of the Platner race is how much of the national media conversation probably never makes it to the average Maine voting household.
Because skulls are cool?
The woman who started Ladies for Kavanaugh specifically to descredit Christine Blasey Ford’s rape allegations is going out of her way to say that he knew what the tattoo meant - so he almost certainly did not.
Its weird that your appeal to truth contains some pretty big false statements. Why not just link to the article you are referencing:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/politics/graham-platner-maine-senate-former-girlfriends.html
A) The person you are talking about isn’t the only person saying this. B) She didn’t found shit, but is indeed a Republican. She also provided a text message from before he was even running for office which corroborates her statement.
But you don’t need to just believe what I said because I included a source because ONE OF US is not interested in relying on made up shit.
This dude is better than Collins, but he probably isn’t better than the Democrat that he beat in the primary.
According to a 2018 New York Post article, Fifield and Inez Stepman, who at the time worked at the Independent Women’s Forum, co-founded a group titled Ladies for Kavanaugh in support of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination
Janet Mills is the least popular governor in the country, in no small part because she’s put her personal Zionist agenda ahead of the state’s political and economic needs time and time and time again.
the Maine primary is tomorrow (June 9)
https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_Party_primaries_in_Maine,_2026
Platner is unopposed because his Democratic opponent withdrew after getting funding pulled from the DNC. Weird you don’t know that.
He isn’t unopposed, she suspended her campaign she did not withdraw from the ballot. and her funding got pulled because she was getting shellacked in polls.
Platner is one of four candidates on the primary ballot: Costello, Mills (yes she suspended her campaign but she’s still on the ballot), and the write-in candidate LaFlamme. Surprised you didn’t know that given it’s right there in the link I provided.
She “suspended active campaigning due to lack of funds”
Which is a sore losers way of saying she withdrew.
Because they were stupid and in the military.
I see. And when he still had it 20 years after being a checks notes mercenary for blackwater?
Can we maybe do better than a stupid “maybe, maybe not” Nazi next time?
Graham Platner himself says he was a piece of shit during this period of his life and struggled with PTSD. He’s owned all of it. If you read his Reddit comments too, he does discuss the tattoo in depth and makes it pretty clear that many in the military get these types of tattoos without regard for the historical context, kind of like how people get “punisher” tattoos that work in law enforcement. A lot of these people are black or brown even, but they do it because it’s just a cultural thing in the military. Not saying it’s a good thing that should continue, but just that it doesn’t strictly identify people as Nazis. Actually, a lot of Platner’s comments on Reddit make it clear that he is pretty left, even identifying as a communist and democratic socialist. So, I think the kind of attacks you’re making are very shallow and we just have to look a little deeper to find the real story. Also, we should ask ourselves if we believe in redemption, especially for someone who struggled with PTSD. Also, recognize that letting Collins win is far worse and this race is about far more than whether this guy made some mistakes in the past. Do we want to see more MAGA republicans on the Supreme Court? Do we want a senator that rubber stamps Trump’s agenda? Do we want a senator that will continue to cut taxes for the rich, or one determined to raise them on billionaires?
You know all those good cops with punisher tattoos. You can’t make this level of cognitive dissonance up.
I guarantee you had no idea what the ss totenkopf symbol looked like until it became a useful political tool for you. It’s just another skull and crossbones to the vast majority of people.
I was into WWII as a kid so you are barking up the wrong tree.
Honestly, last time I saw him speak I can finally get what people like about him. It is a seductive type of populism along the lines of why can’t we field military types who are anti-corporation.
The thing about the Senate is it is old money. You don’t go there unless old money is backing you. It is an extremely corrupt institution, perhaps the most corrupt of all.
This guy, he is a made man. I saw him in several of his first interviews and watching his handlers feed him lines was gross. I am glad he improved but I am not fooled.
its a shame that every argument in favor of Platner needs to be “well, he is better than the Republicans.”
Some day we are going to get a candidate than is objectively good instead of just being better than the worst possible option.
I don’t think that’s a fair summary of what they said. Guy seems pretty cool, tbh.
We are all flawed but maybe we can find someone less flawed, historically makes better decisions and doesn’t outright guzzle the military industrial complex. I smell feterman vibes on him.
People can change dude. stop being a clown we need this guy to fucking win so go to fuck
We needed fetterman to win at one point also.
Yes, can’t wait to get Fettermaned again
-Progressives who can’t learn.
I was never sold on fetterman
Neither was I. I was making a point.
Well I like Platner
Why is it that the races that we NEED to win are always the races that end up with the worst possible option on our side?
If only Republican voters agreed with you
That would be nice. OF course, I EXPECT Republicans to nominate Nazis.
When the Democrats do it too you have to kinda wonder what they are trying to achieve.
And what are you trying to achieve? No lying - remember this is the internet and that’s not allowed
I am hoping that people start paying better attention to their local politics so that we can end up with fewer cases where we have one fascist running against another fascist because both parties are funded by the same corporate donors what have an interest in making sure the government remains captured by their interests.
Hey I said no lying, you lose
Which part of that is untrue?
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