• Natanael@slrpnk.net
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    18 hours ago

    In the very best reading he’s an idiot who KNEW the association and lied to save his face.

    That’s STILL disqualifying. He’s to dumb to be elected.

    Unfortunately it’s now a “lesser evil” issue and a Republican would be worse, BUT YOU HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE NO EVIL as a choice and now you picked the guy that’s the easiest possible target for propaganda from the Republicans

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      10 hours ago

      Lol! You know where I first encountered that symbol, growing up? On the bottom of nearly every skateboard deck I ever owned. Same thing with the Iron Cross. It wasn’t until senior year in highschool that I learned both those symbols were also used by the Nazis.

      In most places in the US you aren’t going to learn that, unless you’re already into WW2 history. To the vast majority of people, the only symbol that they recognize as a genuine Nazi symbol, is the swastika.

      If he had that tattooed on his chest, I’d take these accusations seriously. But a skull-and-crossbones? No. That’s more of an unfortunate mistake, born out of a shitty education system.

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      17 hours ago

      Because the National Republican Senatorial Committee has a quote where he talked about a symbol that wasn’t his tattoo? Fuck, you’re grasping at straws here