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He was in Blackwater and is a Nazi. And he did not apologize for his war crimes.
How the hell are people falling for this
So he's talked about gassing people in private chats? Has he said he loves Hitler?
Is there evidence of him using race or ethnicity as a bogeyman "other" to persecute and exile people?
Has he advocated for violence or extreme "solutions" to perceived problems in the country?
Frankly, nothing on his platform comes close to what is already happening in plain sight. Platner has stated he's anti-billionaire and that's clear enough a reason why all of this muck is getting raked. If you're going to do their work for them, I hope you're at least getting paid for it.
He was a concentration camp guard at Abu Graib, has a Nazi tattoo and is still advocating for the mass murder of brown people abroad so yes to probably all of the above.
Source?
Also, the military vets in my life are some of the most disillusioned people with the establishment, because they've seen the effects of imperialist bullshit up close.
Literally any article about him starts with how proud he is to be a combat vet and wants to run the military more efficiently.
https://youtu.be/p6St4B4aYP0
proud to be a combat vet can easily just be marketing… imagine where you’d get in the US if you said you were ashamed of your military service… you’d get eviscerated
He's saying he wants to run the military better.
do you think the US military needs all the funding it has?
if you think it could do with less, then perhaps you and he agree: that there could be some places to make the US military reduce waste for example
making it “run better” doesn’t necessarily mean expanding it and giving it more
His platform is to take money from pmcs, good, but instead of using it to improve citizens lives use it to expand the military...
Stop coping already. He doesn't want to defund it.
You mean like his claim he didn't know what his Nazi tattoo meant?
If you have 2 nazi tattoos you are a nazi.
You are here arguing in favor of supporting a nazi like it is a progressive thing to do.
Snap out of it.
So if someone likes druidic things and got a Celtic cross tattoo and a Thor's hammer necklace, that just makes them a Nazi? I guess someone doesn't have to do all of that pesky hating minorities and white nationalism stuff anymore.
If someone got the nazi thunderbolt tattoo after ww2 that means they are a nazi
If someone got a swastika tattoo after ww2 that means they are a nazi.
Stop defending this shit you sound like a bot
Lol there are actual literal Nazis in power right now who aren't using any tattoos or symbols to out themselves, just their actions and rhetoric. Until I see evidence of Nazi-ism in his policies, actions and platform then the blanket discounting of him sounds way more bottish and shillish to me.
Regular people don't get tattoos dedicated to white supremacy.
This is a sign to get rid of your SS tattoo as well.
Feel so sorry for every actor who's ever worn a Nazi uniform in a movie, guess they're all Nazis now.
Again, waiting on the evidence of violent rhetoric, otherism, idolizing autocrats and authoritarianism in his platform and actions.
OH NOOO THE POOR ACTORS WHO GET PERMANENTLY TATTOOED WITH WHITE SUPREMACIST SYMBOLS
OH WAIT THEY DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE THEY AREN'T NAZIS
you are either really fucking disgusting or really fucking dumb.
What I'm saying is the symbols don't make the Nazi. What makes someone a Nazi is their beliefs in authoritarianism, white supremacy, violence as a solution and the persecution of ethnic and LGBT minorities. Without any evidence of that, this is all hot air.
He doesn't have two. Now he doesn't even have one. The one he had, he covered up. The other was related to the establishment of a trail crew, not even remotely nazi, people just jumped on shit without any understanding or real evidence. And then parroted it without looking into it like you are doing here.
Lol love how you don't need sources XD
This is actually delusional behavior. You can see the pictures of his tattoos. You can see the social media posts of his previous manager dropping him because of these controversies and the impact they said it would have on his campaign.
You are deepthroating the propaganda
You need to engage with observable reality. He has 2 tattoos intrinsically linked to white supremacist ideology.
Get a grip
Where did I say I don't need sources? I've been providing sources in several comments. Like this one showing his tattoos. The one he had covered up. And the other that some fuckwits have been going on about without confirming before they parroted a false talking point.
So here's some "observable reality" for you since you obviously couldn't be fucked to look the current status of the tattoos up.
https://x.com/MENewsPhotog/status/1981080937015267530
Cool, so why did he get 2 nazi tattoos to begin with? Two different white supremacist tattoos with different meanings that both support the same ideology.
Give me an explanation that doesn't require I pretend like I'm fucking stupid to have to beleive it.
Tell me you didn't even look at the link without telling me. You have made your mind up with whatever you've heard, and no context at all will matter, you just want an argument. glhf
I went to the link
The Nazi skull was covered up
The 1919 is still there
I'm hoping he won't pivot to being a Nazi like every Nazi that lies to gain power does.
People don't get white supremacist tattoos, become better people, and decide to keep supporting white supemacy.
If I wasn't a Nazi but had a Nazi tattoo, I wouldn't keep it for almost 20 years and then get rid of it after someone called me out.
Jesus fuck their old manager literally told him it would be controversial, he knew what the symbols meant.
If you went to the link, then you didn't pay attention. Yes, the YEAR 1919 is still there. And there is no reason for it to be removed.
Have fun with your spurious claims and unfounded information though. w/e
You defend Nazis
We get it.
Hey everybody, this guy doesn't think years exist. 🙄 Fuck nazis, but get your facts straight.
Straight up Nazi apologia
Nope.
People are rather stupid.
This is deliberate disinformation, he worked for Constellis, which is not Blackwater, and for only 6 months. If a skull and cross bones makes a person a Nazi than you are a fool. Besides that, he covered it for all you purity testing bots.
When the Libs don't just fall for the Platner rebrand but even the Blackwater rebrand...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_(company)
A Canadian defending Nazis... It really seems to be a thing for you lot.
Am not Canadian and regardless would have no clue what you're referring to.