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You don't have to die! The article is right there to read. The lie is that he is a Nazi, the article has a bunch more explanation, but basically, there's no reason to think he is a Nazi and several compelling ones to think he is not (which the people who are doing the freakout about the tattoo are willfully ignoring).
People aren't actually saying he's a Nazi. Well, most of them aren't, some are. Most of them are just saying he has a Nazi-adjacent tattoo (which he does) and it's a HUGE problem (which, given his politics, it isn't.) They are carefully staying away from the question of whether the death's-head tattoo actually means he's a Nazi, because it has an answer which isn't the answer they want to portray.
The totenkopf isn't Nazi "adjacent" though, it's literally the symbol from the "are we the bad guys?" sketch.
Yes, and the swastikas covering Hindu temples are literally the symbol from the Nazi flag. That doesn't mean they're covered in "Nazi symbols," though. The context and intent matters.
You need to talk to all the people who are suddenly yelling about how this is obviously a Democratic Schumer-inspired hit job against this noble progressive, and justify to them why you are spreading establishment-Democrat talking points.
Uhuh. So what is the non-Nazi context for the Totenkopf; a symbol that, unlike the swastika, doesn't have a pre-existing history.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-pravy-sektor-extremism-b2011598.html
Oh wait that is awkward that battalion would show up under Nazi symbols on Wikipedia
Yes, the prevalence of Nazi imagery by Ukrainian paramilitary organisations is pretty awkward
Extra fun when in item linked to prove the nazi symbol has other meanings.
Is also extremely sad how people are now trying to argue it's the word people have issues with not you know, the very very specific symbols used by the SS that just happened to be on candidates body that also usa military was fine ignoring
Liberals are working hard to rehabilitate Nazis.
obviously just to be used as a hatchet job on the Blackwater merc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totenkopf
I love how your reasoning for the specific SS symbol is just linking to the German word wiki page for just skull
Edit: Wait, I linked to English Wikipedia. Is this Chewbacca defense? I think this is Chewbacca defense.
he’s saying that Totenkopf is a German word and you linked to the Wikipedia article for this German word, not that you linked to the German Wikipedia
That and they don't put any effort into understanding why people have issues with said specific symbol not the word death skull
Oh! In that case:
Oh in that case
That doesn't really answer my question
In what fucking sense does it not answer your question lmao
In that I asked a question, and just linking the Wikipedia page didn't answer it
Usage of it dates back to the 1700s
The word and different variations of deaths head yes. The very specific one used by the SS and nazis does not