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marble falls

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28. If we only knew about all those with tatoos borne of youthful indiscretion. That stupid tatoo is not enough to ...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:45 PM

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... disqualify him for me.

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Maine Senate candidate Platner says tattoo recognized as Nazi symbol has been covered [View all] Omaha Steve Wednesday OP

Can they do that for his brain too? EYESORE 9001 Wednesday #1

There's no evidence that he "proudly wore" it. Seems legit that he only recently made the connection. TheRickles Wednesday #3

well there WAS the bit about him slagging accounts stopdiggin Wednesday #5

Macho/bro/jock, but not Nazi. TheRickles Wednesday #9

that's a bit of a Venn diagram thing .. ? stopdiggin Wednesday #19

Really? MarineCombatEngineer Wednesday #13

I think that it is believable that he didn't know of the association with Nazis. A swastika be different. everyonematters Wednesday #2

except that this guy is a self describe 'history buff' - with special interest in WWII stopdiggin Wednesday #4

Sounds like he made a mistake. He's a populist Democrat, not a Nazi IronLionZion Wednesday #6

Then why the fuck is he so worried about if black people fucking tip or not? SoFlaBro Thursday #23

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admits using 'indefensible' antigay slurs in unearthed Reddit posts MichMan Thursday #34

I'd have to be very drunk to get a skull&crossbones tattoo (or any other tattoo), but ... JustABozoOnThisBus Wednesday #7

That's how I ended up with a skull and crossbones tattoo on my left shoulder, MarineCombatEngineer Wednesday #14

it didn't look anything like a skull and crossbones. It looked like the SS Death's Head that you'd see in any Nazi movie thebigidea Wednesday #20

What movie is that? tblue37 Thursday #32

20 years later? mcar Wednesday #8

Uh huh. Blasphemer Wednesday #10

I'm usually with Bernie, like 99% of the time. Intractable Wednesday #11

Same here. Irish_Dem Thursday #27

I'm glad he got it covered berniesandersmittens Wednesday #12

I know we're desperate to win. rogue emissary Wednesday #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Mz Pip Wednesday #16

So, a skull. 70sEraVet Wednesday #17

MaddowBlog-Maine's Graham Platner faces difficult questions about his record -- and a tattoo LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #18

It didn't end well for the "I'm Not A Witch" Candidate OrwellwasRight Thursday #25

Why can't we do better? herding cats Wednesday #21

We do not need any more stealth Nazis Miguelito Loveless Thursday #22

"...unaware until recently that the image has been associated with Nazi police." ?!? EX500rider Thursday #24

Too late, you get the happy Nazi ending anyways Blue Owl Thursday #26

If we only knew about all those with tatoos borne of youthful indiscretion. That stupid tatoo is not enough to ... marble falls Thursday #28

It's a fucking nazi tattoo. Basso8vb Thursday #30

It's a tatto that is buried under another tatoo. Were you in the service, 'cause I can tell you about a lot regretted .. marble falls Thursday #33

Fetterman 2.0 Basso8vb Thursday #29

He stood up and he did the right thing. Let it go tirebiter Thursday #31

My first tattoo, back in the 80's, Americanme Thursday #35

Seems pretty flaky to me Mysterian Thursday #36