PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — His U.S. Senate campaign under fire, Maine Democrat Graham Platner said Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol.
The first-time political candidate said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007, when he was in his 20s and in the Marine Corps. It happened during a night of drinking while he was on leave in Croatia, he said, adding he was unaware until recently that the image has been associated with Nazi police.
I hate this. I’m of Scandinavian heritage and so basically I just don’t get to celebrate, explore or display any history or culture. Because some terminally online person will accuse me of being a secret nazi.
Oh I feel ya on that one, mixed Germanic-Celtic for me kinda a mess if I’m being honest, but it’s kinda frustrating. Though let’s give credit where credit is due folks looking for dog whistle symbols isn’t new nor is it necessarily called for, Nazis will happily use a tri-knot as much as a black sun if they feel the black sun is too common. Mind you that is partly because Nazis are at their core delusional trolls but still it isn’t an unfounded thing. While I haven’t done it personally I’ve seen some folks combine such ancient symbols with more modern progressive symbols, for example I doubt the dude a sticker that says Iz Wodanaz Weraz next to a Woody Guthrie next to it on the back of their car is gonna be a fascist unless they are very very confused.