He got the totenkopf and wore the bolts during an era when Marine Scout Snipers and Force Recon were using a lot of Nazi iconography.
He can’t be any worse than Collins, I just hope all that shit is actually behind him. He waited a long time to address his tattoo. He also has said some WILD shit on Reddit.
I once knew a very educated and kind man with a Confederate flag tattoo something related to his military service. Everyone in his group got one it was tradition.
He came to regret that tattoo as he grew as a person and grew to understand its meaning and context.
I would vote for him in a heartbeat. Honestly one of the best people I’ve ever known.
All of this is to say, don’t disregard a person’s past actions but also don’t allow that to forever overshadow someone’s actions. Especially when they are trying to be better.
And before anyone says it of course context matters. Someone puts on their robes and attends a KKK rally is going to have a lot less forgiveness from me unless they can prove they’ve made major changes.
But if we don’t leave a path for people to improve they won’t. They will be further and further pushed into their ideologies.
I’ll take “Things That Will Never Happen” for $200, Alex.
Stop being a doomer. If he gets elected more will start saying it. Support him if you want this to happen, don’t critique his stances as stuff that will never happen.
4 years ago no one would ever say Israel shouldn’t get offensive or defensive weapons. Now there are 40 senate Democrats actually voting against it in Congress.
This is how Republicans push us towards fascism. They move the Overton window. Saying stuff and getting elected, even if it doesn’t happen slowly changes the conversation and what’s acceptable. Support the people that are pushing us in the right direction, don’t dismiss them.
impeach two Supreme Court justices
Only two?
Two are blatantly and brazenly corrupt. Four are right wing shitheels who while they may have a ludicrous interpretation of the law, do actually have it and hold to it (hence opus dei member Amy Coney Barrett ruling in favor of gay marriage, for example because she believes that marriage is the fundamental structure of social life).
Of the infamous six, you can absolutely get a democratic majority to impeach Thomas and Alito, but Roberts, Barrett, Kavenaugh, and whatever the other one’s name is are more difficult.
Personally I want all 9 investigated for corruption, there’s just too much that’s blatantly there to not do so.
He wants to IMPEACH the Two Justices who are making Decisions based off who BRIBES them the Most? BUT HE HAS A BAD TATTOO! I GUESS I’ll have to vote for Susan Collins AGAIN instead!
-The Mainstream Media!
-The Mainstream Media!
and, apparently, some people in lemmy too.
One of the wealthiest men in maine, served with war criminals, and had a nazi tattoo for decades but he says all the things you want to hear while campaigning.
My honest assessment is he a liar and will show his true colors once in office.
Plus the Democratic leadership doesn’t seem half as freaked out by him winning as they were with Mamdani, probably because they’ve assessed he’s not an actual leftist but more of a fetterman type.
