It’s odd that you think the amount of blood on his hands is why people complain about Platner.
Well, the primary reason people complain about Platner is because he’s anti-Zionist. But that’s sort of the reverse of “blood on your hands”. Certain parts of the American polity are upset because he’s not championing genocide loudly enough.
But the secondary reason is that he’s got the Totenkompf, which is pitched as a proxy for fascist, bloody political beliefs (specifically aimed at European Jews).
I’ve never met an American who had a problem with violence, just very strong opinions about who deserved it and who didn’t.
I know more than a few rhetorical pacifists. But they also tend to fall into the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” contingent. And they never actually have an opportunity to commit or refrain from violence in their daily lives. So the pacifism doesn’t amount to anything more than a veneer for their liberal ideology. It certainly doesn’t inform their lifestyle.
I also know a couple of people in the military and the police. They are extremely “just following orders” types, especially with respect to their professions. I get the sense these institutions drill the “who deserves it” question out of you, absent a commanding officer saying “fuck them up, they deserve it”.
Well, the primary reason people complain about Platner is because he’s anti-Zionist. But that’s sort of the reverse of “blood on your hands”. Certain parts of the American polity are upset because he’s not championing genocide loudly enough.
But the secondary reason is that he’s got the Totenkompf, which is pitched as a proxy for fascist, bloody political beliefs (specifically aimed at European Jews).
I know more than a few rhetorical pacifists. But they also tend to fall into the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” contingent. And they never actually have an opportunity to commit or refrain from violence in their daily lives. So the pacifism doesn’t amount to anything more than a veneer for their liberal ideology. It certainly doesn’t inform their lifestyle.
I also know a couple of people in the military and the police. They are extremely “just following orders” types, especially with respect to their professions. I get the sense these institutions drill the “who deserves it” question out of you, absent a commanding officer saying “fuck them up, they deserve it”.