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[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago

I hope you can look back in the future and see how stupid you are currently too.

[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Does he regret it? I've heard him speak about the nazi tattoo issue and he doesn't seem exactly apologetic and regretful.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

I heard him speak about it some. I don't think regretful is the right word for what he feels about it, just that it was at a time he did a lot of stupid stuff. I think the tattoo is a fairly small part. It's just the part that is easy for people to post an image online and brand him as a Nazi, so they can make otherwise progressive people apethetic and not support him without engaging in what he actually thinks.

If you actually cared what his opinion was, you'd know this. However, you just let some trolls mislead you and then you spread their propoganda. Their goal is to spread apathy, so you don't support things you should. No one is perfect, but he's pretty damn good from what I've seen and heard. He's anti-war and is one of the few people asking for decreasing the military budget. Does that sound like a fascist?

Learn to think for yourself and stop spreading this voter apathy nonsense. You're a useful puppet to people trying to make you not get what you want.

[-] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

He tried to say he didn't know what is was from, but there was proof showing he had it for years after learning where it originated. Being able to avoid tattooing actual Nazi emblems on yourself should be a bare minimum requirement for any "progressive" politician.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

I have known a number of Marines. What they tattoo'd on their bodies is the least of my concerns. They've all done fucked up shit having been in the USMC.

They're also the most steadfast and active anti-war and leftist organizers that I have ever known.

Hell, you can go back a century to Smedley Butler. He was not wrong and should not be discounted.

this post was submitted on 23 May 2026
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